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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/pizzaosaurs on 2026-08-19 13:30:15+00:00.

I'm writing this because I'm done. I'm job hunting tonight. I only started this role in January but I'm already just done.

The company I work for is a mess and it sounds like it's not just a me problem but something that is across the board happening to all the other managers at my level.

I'm dealing with heads of who I seriously wonder how they have gotten this far in their career to these sorts of roles. I've had people tell me strategy or "guidance" that is 16 years out of date. In my industry, 6 months is a lifetime so it's pretty crazy.

I was coping as I need the money for my family but today a top boss has decided to pull my only big project of the year with no care for me and my team's KPI's. He doesn't care about our reputation with internal and external stakeholders, what impact this has to happen so last minute or that we'll frankly have nothing for the biggest period of the year only to then demand answers to why we've done nothing.

No, I'm job hunting and I'm going to use work time to do it. I've had it.

Sad thing is that I can see why my team has had a new manager every 6-8 months. They have had manager after manager leave because of this stupidity. And I'm joining in that tradition of leaving in less than a year.