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99% companies have been using Windows for the past 30 years. I would gladly accept any job using Windows, even more if they paid well. I hate Windows way more than everyone else, but being unemployed is worse nowadays.
You assume they don’t already have a job and we’re just looking for other opportunities. Not everyone is unemployed before they apply for other jobs. If anything that is a good time to look as it gives you stronger position to negotiate from.
In the overwhelming majority of situations you cannot begin the onboarding process with IT while still working for a previous employer. Especially at this level of software engineering that would run afoul of moonlighting policies.
is what your describing technically possible? sure. Is it even remotely probable? Absolutely not.
EDIT: I am absolutely flabbergasted at how many people don’t know their rights.
In the US this is covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is extremely simple when defining what is considered on-the-job work. If it is mandatory, work-related, and for the benefit of the company, then it is on-the-job work and you should be paid for the time.
Stop perpetuating wage theft, people. It’s the #1 form of theft in the US by a wide margin. Learn your rights and demand pay for your work.
Senior backend engineering definitely doesn’t see 99% windows adoption rate.
Yeah but a senior engineer would just use an old personal linux laptop from home, they wouldn’t even bother bitching about the employer issued machine.
They don’t use a personal laptop, and I’ve never heard of such thing for any company that has more than 10 employees. The security risk is huge
How are they going to use a personal device when corporate policy locks that down?
I haven’t found a company that enforces windows of everyone. Seems ridiculous. I would sign the contract then simply require a Mac because I don’t know how to use Windows. IT be dammed.
The email is not very professional. Rejection of Windows is fine, but that if that’s the kind of language the candidate uses at work, the company actually dodged a bullet.
What part of it is unprofessional? You specifically called out the language OP used - that seems totally professional to me. The overall message sounds like throwing a tantrum to my ears but that’s not what you called out. How do you think it should be worded?
The “I cannot have faith…” sentence. It makes it feel like a reddit message.
I would have worded it more factually without questioning the future of the company and motivation of the employees by calling them “lazy”.
Devin informed me that Windows laptops are mandatory and that there no exceptions. Unfortunately, this does not align with my requirements stated during the interview process: Linux or Mac are my operating systems of choice. Please consider informing future candidates of the tools they will be provided earlier in the process.
The assumption being made here is that the person actually stated their GO/NO-GO preferences during the process. Otherwise it is a waste of everybody’s time to leave something so important to the day of signing.
Good on you for rejecting a job offer over something so minor, I guess?
