I can't speak for everywhere, but it's generally not that hard to get another software job. Places like that tend to have few people with both experience and th

I can't speak for everywhere, but it's generally not that hard to get another software job. Places like that tend to have few people with both experience and the ambition to improve things. The turnover rate in general is usually high. Anyway, developers tend to have plenty of leverage, in switching jobs or teams if nothing else.