It is always difficult to give advice, even when sought, on something as serious as this. My 2 cents follows. > Wondering if I should just quit? Possible. But

It is always difficult to give advice, even when sought, on something as serious as this. My 2 cents follows. > Wondering if I should just quit? Possible. But is this a false dichotomy? Toxic environment, politics, conflicts lends to leave very soon; founds are very please lends to staying. If you are close to leaving, I would go over your team leads head, not on any specific issue, but on this meta issue an tell them you're close to leaving. You might end up leaving anyway, but approach them in good faith. (Others here have suggested they might offer you rainbows and unicorns and you should just leave anyway.) Would a horizontal move within the company be a good deal for you? Minor issues getting through is a management problem. Them pushing down is them not doing their job. As a manager, when something happens once I consider carefully and my response is very local. When a trend emerges, I need to look it the mirror. > Is career salvageable? Not only is it salvageable but from your self appraisal it is on the rise. You are not responsible for the business decisions and petty immediate management. You solve problems like a ninja. Sell it. Sell your excellence at solving problems, and your adaptability to different contexts, and you are the man. --- I had a mild burn-out. I'll keep this brief. Work was too hard for the sake of just being hard (i.e. very bad management) so I rode the roller coaster for a while and then left just before it was too late (which was still too late TBH). I haven't worked in 1.25 years but I can afford not to. (I'm sorry if not everyone has this luxury.) I don't regret it. I do spend my time mostly wisely (spec projects, odd jobs just for fun, etc.) It's sanity-or-nothing instead of big-bucks-or-no-bucks right now (this model may change).