There are plenty of dysfunctional companies out there. I was lucky enough to find a company which did things right but after 5 happy years (of which a percenta

There are plenty of dysfunctional companies out there. I was lucky enough to find a company which did things right but after 5 happy years (of which a percentage as a manager) the investors basically replaced the leadership and killed the engineering culture. Everyone left and they started hiring cheap overseas contractors. I haven't found a decent company since. My "solution" was to contract for 6m - 1 year and then change before I burn out. Eventually I just transitioned to running a side business and topping up with contracting every once and then when some interesting project comes up. A friend I have, who seems to enjoy management more than me, ended up being a vp of engineering setting the kind of culture that we enjoy but he had to try several times before finding the right place where that kind of culture could grow. Best of luck