It’s a miserable experience from top to bottom. Onboarding a new developer takes much longer and is far more tedious than one might expect. There are multiple layers of security employees must navigate. And when something breaks, anywhere, it’s a huge pain to sort out the source of the problem, find the right person responsible, and get something fixed.

If you find yourself in an organization that thinks this remote desktop environment is a great idea, do yourself a favor, if you can, and leave. You’ll give other devs more incentive to push back and make this a thing of the past, like “thin clients”.