In a few years, VS Code has achieved better out of the box functionality for [people who don't already know / don't want to learn emacs].

Emacs has a challenging learning curve. I don't think it's realistic to insist new employees use Emacs that haven't already chosen the path for themselves.

Real scenario (for someone experienced with and asking to use Emacs):

1. Install Emacs

2. Clone config

3. Work