not ok. mid level Managers not being all that helpful since they have little understanding of our job. we are understaffed, underfunded. high level managers,

not ok. mid level Managers not being all that helpful since they have little understanding of our job. we are understaffed, underfunded. high level managers, executives, continuing to push more unreasonable objective. targeting non sensual numbers such as 40% operational margin, and double digit growth. HR more interested in us adhering to inclusive language at work and whatnot, than our mental well being and productivity. our company threatening all employees for compliance with vaccine mandate in the US (for sure some employees will leave, causing further understaffed issues). number of attacks on the rise, probably because more people stuck at home converting to being cyber criminals. more politics at work, more junior engineers playing the politics game to shine rather than slowly sharpen their technical skills. more engineers who do most of the work started to give up. simply logging in, attending meeting pretending to do all they can, but in fact do the minimum they can get away with. hence more pressure on those who haven't given up yet. Cyber attacks have always been on the rise, and they will continue to rise in numbers as we continue to digitalise our lives, but during this last couple of years, I've seen a drastic descent into mismanagement, and increased employee pressure in order to increase profit, which led to the opposite result in absolute productivity. I only expect things to get worse before they get better. Someone daring to make these remarks at the workplace could easily cost him his job, at least he would become ostracised by management for spreading negativity and exaggerations. I don't think this is only happening in the cybersecurity industry, some people I know even outside of tech are telling me they witness similar trends.