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I am experiencing burnout and stagnation in terms of knowledge and growth opportunities. Lots of micromanagement, rules, protocols, blame game. I am ready to move on.

I think all of this is a mark of the times. Strawbosses were always around, alas. Corporate paranoia and intermeddling less so, and HR not at all.

I actually like clear and effective protocols, but they need both of those qualities, and have some stability too. I find they are effective restraints on abusive management - if they are clear.

But yes, bureaucracy seldom intruded on life and much less in work back in the day. I notice those jobs are usually held by the unremarkable and unintelligent. It is very Soviet in a way.

One finds that they leave their personality and inspiration at the door when they enter the large corporate environment. Some folks thrive there, but to those free thinkers and creative ones, they can lose their identity, their reason for being. One example, my primary care physician of 20 years retired in December, not that he really wanted to or had to, just that he sold his practice to a small corporation who in turn sold it to a very large one. He could not function in that environment and he felt better to leave his patients than put of with their control. The practice is no longer one-on-one, but regimented, 100% of the old staff left as well. When I questioned their approach I was told that this was the way they did things there. The care is still acceptable, but you and sense the difference.