I had the same problem once. Every time I needed to be an admin, I had to send an email to an outsourced guy in another country, and wait one hour for an answer with a temporary password.

With WSL and Linux, I needed to be admin 3 or 4 times per day. I CCed my boss for every request. When he saw that I was waiting and doing nothing for 4 hours every day, he sent them an angry email and I got my admin account back.

The stupid restriction was meant for managers and sales people who didn’t need an admin account. It was annoying for developers.

I didn’t want him to win by showing my anger.

It’s usually 3 month for most white collar jobs and it goes both ways so you can take the time to find a new job.

Of course you can still be fired instantly for huge mistakes but it’s difficult to prove for them which is why I’ve never seen it used.

Mullvad is not the first on the list?