Recruiting is no different from any other sales pitch, bait and switch, promises of interesting work, promotions and bonuses in the near future are all pretty s

Recruiting is no different from any other sales pitch, bait and switch, promises of interesting work, promotions and bonuses in the near future are all pretty standard stuff. Its best to ask detailed questions in the interview and do your own research to find out what's really going on instead of believing everything at face value. Once you are in a job, you can't really play hardball / threaten to quit, as you found. If the job is deprecating some old thing, documentation, etc, then no amount of negotiation will turn it into an interesting job, those decisions have already been made higher up a long time ago. You need to focus on how to get the job you want. Try to identify people doing what you want to do, look at their qualifications/background, and try to follow a similar path.