Yes, but if your employer is aware of the situation but does nothing to rectify it, then your employer is also at fault. In fact one could argue that you would no longer be at fault because by doing nothing your employer is implicitly condoning your behavior.

at least get the GIMP to the point of real feature parody

I think the word you're looking for here is 'parity'. It's already a parody, that's pretty much the problem.