Every single decision gets flagged and questioned like you can't be trusted with anything, which honestly gets exhausting real fast. You're constantly asking permission to do basic tasks and waiting days for approvals on things that shouldn't need three sign-offs. The lack of autonomy makes you second-guess everything you do because nothing feels safe to just decide on your own. They say they want independent problem-solvers but then panic whenever you actually solve something without running it by management first. It creates this paralyzing anxiety where you're more focused on protecting yourself than actually doing your job. After a while you just stop trying and that's when you know the environment is broken.