I get my devs whatever they want for hardware, within reason. $500 or $1000 monitors? No questions asked. The price of hardware that will last years is nothing compared to the value of engineer happiness and productivity, especially when compares to how costly good engineers are in the USA and Canada.
So get your own monitor. I understand that many employees make the decision that they will not pay for equipment, to be true. However it's still a decision.
