Comment by ownagefool

I quit a job via a consultancy to a bank at about lunchtime on my first day.

I'm just not at the stage in my life where I'm willing to onboard to a transformation that starts with a half a day call authenticating so you can login to a remote VM to do your development.

Similarly I had a 2 week gig where they send me some shitheap of a windows laptop that takes 20 minutes to login, where they wanted future engagements.

Nope. Nada. No way.

You can see the value of your productivity straight out the gate. It's not valued and you will never be able to change it from your vantage point of IC or middle manager.

It doesn't really matter that they say otherwise, the evidence tells the story.