[Silhouette]

Is an individual developer in a position to weigh future recruitment challenges?

Maybe, particularly if it's a smaller organisation.

In any case, it's obviously a management decision at some point, as all things are. However, it seems quite reasonable for me for a developer to advocate using a more suitable tool even if it's not an existing choice/standard within the organisation, and if they make a good case, it seems quite reasonable to me that management might then back them despite the downsides if the upsides appear greater.