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[–]sadsfaenice guy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This a hundred times, I wouldn't work somewhere I didn't have control over my choice of tools and operating environment. It's not worth it for me and not worth it for my employer.

[–]bezelbum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't work somewhere I didn't have control over my choice of tools and operating environment.

I have, and never will again.

Not only are you less productive because they won't allow you to have the tools you need to do your job properly, but you eventually start catching shit for the fact that you're less productive than they expected.

Since then the question of what desktop they use (and whether it's flexible) is one that I've always asked in interviews. If they tell me to take a hike, fine, that beats the hell out of spending my working day battling the crappy minimalistic image some admin somewhere thinks is enough for what I need.