If it costs $200 or whatever and would clearly save you more than that in time ($200 is a few hours of developer time) then surely it's worth it. I guess the problem is that the process isn't in place to make buying CLion easy, so there'd be a lot of administrative overhead. Or no-one cares about maximising productivity. Or it's not clear to them that CLion actually is better than alternatives. Or maybe they want all developers using the same tools so any process improvements are shared.
None of those seem like great reasons tbh, but I did just make them up as part of a strawman to lambast your employer.
If it costs $200 or whatever and would clearly save you more than that in time ($200 is a few hours of developer time) then surely it's worth it. I guess the problem is that the process isn't in place to make buying CLion easy, so there'd be a lot of administrative overhead. Or no-one cares about maximising productivity. Or it's not clear to them that CLion actually is better than alternatives. Or maybe they want all developers using the same tools so any process improvements are shared.
None of those seem like great reasons tbh, but I did just make them up as part of a strawman to lambast your employer.