in my experience brand filament was less hassle to print with.

I bought cheapo noname filament a couple of times from different manufacturers and it was very hit and miss.

Worst case was I fiddled with printer settings for 6hours, drying it multiple times and many failed prints. Then I put in bambu filament and it printed perfectly with default settings.

But best case was just as good as the expensive stuff.

So you have to know yourself how much the gamble is worth it to you, what your frustration tolerance is etc.

I don’t work for an org, I work for money.

Why should I self-sabotage my options, they might have a shit hiring process and still pay well.

yeah but they won’t fix it. They’ll make a note that this candidate is difficult to work with and look for another.