One place I worked - the main electricity supply and management company for a certain state and certain country - I didn't have admin rights to my own machine, and had to put in a (paper) request for any software that I needed to install to do my job (as the image started as the same image used by someone who would only need Word, email etc). I didn't know exactly what tools I needed, so it took - seriously! - some few weeks before I could actually do any work.

My job was supporting, enhancing and debugging internal tools used by engineers. Upon arrival I was handed a USB key with ZIP files of the source. There was no source control. I initiated a request and the political process necessary to 'allow' me to use source control and setup an SVN (this was quite a while ago) server. I quit in disgust a year later, and the first meeting to discuss whether I should be allowed to use SVN or not was scheduled for the day after my departure. My last work action there was to leave a note on my desk advising my replacement where the most recent ZIP files of source were stored.

None of the above was explained to me before I was employed, and I've since learned not to assume, and explicitly ask "Do you use source code control?" and other basic questions at interview / contract negotiation stages.