Objectively, JIRA is buggy, slow, complicated, and hard to use. Unfortunately, it is also useful. Is it a good tool? No. Does it sometimes let you do things that you couldn't do before? Yes.
I would not choose to use it under basically any circumstances, but I also wouldn't be upset about being forced to use it - assuming I'm being paid well.
You should probably find out why they want to make the change. Is it just because your team is sticking out as being different? Is it because they want to try and do task efficiency calculations? Do they feel they don't have enough visibility into what you're working on? There might be a communication issue you need to fix (which JIRA probably will not address, even though they might expect so).
I would not choose to use it under basically any circumstances, but I also wouldn't be upset about being forced to use it - assuming I'm being paid well.
You should probably find out why they want to make the change. Is it just because your team is sticking out as being different? Is it because they want to try and do task efficiency calculations? Do they feel they don't have enough visibility into what you're working on? There might be a communication issue you need to fix (which JIRA probably will not address, even though they might expect so).