Only you can answer this question, but as all the expected advice has been offered, I think I should at least suggest that you can possibly bring it up to your

Only you can answer this question, but as all the expected advice has been offered, I think I should at least suggest that you can possibly bring it up to your manager. I've worked in places where I felt involved enough, or integral enough that I could have a candid conversation with my employer to say "Hey, if this is how it is, that's cool, I'll try to find something somewhere else. If not, then cool, I love working here." The important part is to keep it low key, low volume and low intensity. Start off with how much you like where you are, and your co-workers / management, yadda yadda (assuming it's true -- if not, then leaving is the more obvious answer) -- but you MIGHT be able to have that conversation and get an exception. Of course, cover your bases. Be ready to be unemployed if they react negatively.