I have been relied upon by management for quick fixes, breadth of familiarity with company systems, urgent code review of critical features nobody heard about u

I have been relied upon by management for quick fixes, breadth of familiarity with company systems, urgent code review of critical features nobody heard about until now, etc. * "hero" is a ridiculous word, we never feel like heroes and nobody treats us that way. we feel dirty and abused * of course it's a management problem, everything is, recognizing management problems is not part of the path to fixing them * the only thing management respects is hitting (arbitrary) deadlines, ergo that's our actual job Trying to leverage my position as a bottleneck to effect process change has ALWAYS resulted in a deteriorating relationship with executives. Maybe I'm not the most tactful guy, sure. But EOD it's their company. Just quit.