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As you found out, changing a company from the inside can be very difficult. James Shore wrote about his experience when he tried to do this and it is a very in

• jdlshore 13y ago
  (James Shore here.) Thanks for the nod. For what it's worth, I wouldn't go through it again. It's possible to change a company from within, but it's not easy. If you find your attempts rebuffed, and you're truly unhappy, my advice: leave. Find a better job, even if it pays less. Life's too short to put 1/3 of it into work you can't be proud of. (It's much easier to change a company as an outside consultant, by the way. I've worked doing that for years now and there are many many "tricks" I use that just don't work if you're an employee. The simplest one? People hired as management consultants get more respect than internal employees, even if the employees know what needs to be done.[1] Sad but true.) [1] My dad's favorite joke: "A consultant is someone who takes your watch and tells you what time it is. And then keeps the watch."