You'd get tagged as toxic in functional organizations. Most organizations aren't functional. The organization itself is toxic - it is dysfunctional managers a

You'd get tagged as toxic in functional organizations. Most organizations aren't functional. The organization itself is toxic - it is dysfunctional managers all the way up, all looking to grow their fiefdom at the expense of actually doing anything for customers or users. And the larger the organization is, the more of a monopoly it has over its customers, the more revenue it makes, the more it pays its people, the more likely it is to be toxic and dysfunctional. OP's post indicated that he's not interested in a smaller company because it would be a step back in scale and money. This is how you get to be a director in a company with scale and money. There's a reason I don't want to be a director.