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How to tell your boss that you won't work ondon't want to use the expensive MacBook he bought you, as you are used to Linux/Windows

The title pretty much says it all, but for some context, I started at a fullstack dev job at a new placejob about a month ago and before I started they ordered me a MacBook Pro to work on.

Every day since I've been pulling my hair out with this PC, as I've only used Windows and Linux my whole life, and it's seriously undercutting my productivity.

The reason I'm here asking for advice, instead of telling him what I just told you is that

  1. working on Mac seems to be company policy - at least in the development department,
  2. everyone in the team, including my boss, seems a tad sensitive to criticism about Apple/Mac, and
  3. I've got social anxiety, which makes confrontation of this kind quite difficult for me.

In addition to "how to tell him", I'd also like to know if I should tell him, and how I'd go about asking for a Windows/Linux PC.

How to tell your boss that you won't work on the expensive MacBook he bought you, as you are used to Linux/Windows

The title pretty much says it all, but for some context, I started at a fullstack dev job at a new place about a month ago and before I started they ordered me a MacBook Pro to work on.

Every day since I've been pulling my hair out with this PC, as I've only used Windows and Linux my whole life, and it's seriously undercutting my productivity.

The reason I'm here asking for advice, instead of telling him what I just told you is that

  1. working on Mac seems to be company policy - at least in the development department,
  2. everyone in the team, including my boss, seems a tad sensitive to criticism about Apple/Mac, and
  3. I've got social anxiety, which makes confrontation of this kind quite difficult for me.

In addition to "how to tell him", I'd also like to know if I should tell him, and how I'd go about asking for a Windows/Linux PC.

How to tell your boss that you don't want to use the expensive MacBook he bought you, as you are used to Linux/Windows

The title pretty much says it all, but for some context, I started at a new job about a month ago and before I started they ordered me a MacBook Pro to work on.

Every day since I've been pulling my hair out with this PC, as I've only used Windows and Linux my whole life, and it's seriously undercutting my productivity.

The reason I'm here asking for advice, instead of telling him what I just told you is that

  1. working on Mac seems to be company policy - at least in the development department,
  2. everyone in the team, including my boss, seems a tad sensitive to criticism about Apple/Mac, and
  3. I've got social anxiety, which makes confrontation of this kind quite difficult for me.

In addition to "how to tell him", I'd also like to know if I should tell him, and how I'd go about asking for a Windows/Linux PC.

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How to tell your boss that you can'twon't work on the expensive MacBook he bought you, as you are used to Linux/Windows

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How to tell your boss that you can't work on the expensive pcMacBook he bought you, as you are used to Linux/Windows

The title pretty much says it all, but for some context, I started at a fullstack dev job at a new place about a month ago and before I started they ordered me a MacBook Pro to work on.

Every day since I've been pulling my hair out with this pcPC, as I've only used Windows and Linux my whole life, and it's seriously undercutting my productivity.

The reason I'm here asking for advice, instead of telling him what I just told you is that

  1. working on Mac seems to be company policy - at least in the devdevelopment department,
  2. everyone in the team, including my boss, seems a tad sensitive to criticism about Apple/Mac, and
  3. I've got social anxiety, which makes confrontation of this kind quite difficult for me.

In addition to "how to tell him", I'd also like to know if I should tell him, and how I'd go about asking for a Windows/Linux PC.

How to tell your boss that you can't work on the expensive pc he bought you

The title pretty much says it all, but for some context, I started at a fullstack dev job at a new place about a month ago and before I started they ordered me a MacBook Pro to work on.

Every day since I've been pulling my hair out with this pc, as I've only used Windows and Linux my whole life, and it's seriously undercutting my productivity.

The reason I'm here asking for advice, instead of telling him what I just told you is that

  1. working on Mac seems to be company policy - at least in the dev department,
  2. everyone in the team, including my boss, seems a tad sensitive to criticism about Apple/Mac, and
  3. I've got social anxiety, which makes confrontation of this kind quite difficult for me.

In addition to "how to tell him", I'd also like to know if I should tell him, and how I'd go about asking for a Windows/Linux PC.

How to tell your boss that you can't work on the expensive MacBook he bought you, as you are used to Linux/Windows

The title pretty much says it all, but for some context, I started at a fullstack dev job at a new place about a month ago and before I started they ordered me a MacBook Pro to work on.

Every day since I've been pulling my hair out with this PC, as I've only used Windows and Linux my whole life, and it's seriously undercutting my productivity.

The reason I'm here asking for advice, instead of telling him what I just told you is that

  1. working on Mac seems to be company policy - at least in the development department,
  2. everyone in the team, including my boss, seems a tad sensitive to criticism about Apple/Mac, and
  3. I've got social anxiety, which makes confrontation of this kind quite difficult for me.

In addition to "how to tell him", I'd also like to know if I should tell him, and how I'd go about asking for a Windows/Linux PC.

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