Thanks for reaching out! I can confirm that all new hires receive Mac laptops, we are unable to provide a Linux laptop.
Plugged in a housemates macbook to my thunderbolt dock and absolutely nothing happened because it's “unsupported”
Apparently at this company, if you happen to boot up your Macbook before your first day (to say, check it it was damaged in shipping) it's completely borked and you have to wipe it and reinstall macos
