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I joined 4 years ago and initially had a positive experience. Over time, I significantly expanded my skills and consistently delivered on my responsibilities, including taking ownership of additional work during team transitions and creating detailed documentation to support continuity and continuous improvement. The challenges began during a period of restructuring. After leadership changes, a peer at my same level was informally placed in a supervisory role over my work. The rationale and criteria for this decision were never clearly communicated, which created confusion around authority, expectations, and career progression. Luckily, he eventually left, which provided more space to work independently without micromanagement. Subsequently, new leadership was brought in to oversee the team. In practice, there appeared to be limited understanding of the distinct responsibilities across roles within the group. Several times I had to explain my role and clarify the extra duties I had taken on after a teammate’s departure. This made it difficult to align expectations and added unnecessary friction to workflow. For a technical team, stronger domain familiarity at the management level is essential for effective leadership. More broadly, advancement appeared to depend heavily on internal visibility and relationships rather than clearly defined, performance-based criteria. Despite absorbing additional responsibilities and raising the topic of growth multiple times, there was no transparent path forward. One particularly concerning cultural signal occurred just a few months ago after what the company calls “anonymous reviews.” A long-tenured employee who had expressed critical feedback about upper management was separated from the company shortly thereafter. While I was not directly involved, the sequence of events had a noticeable impact on team morale and psychological safety. To this day, my responsibilities continue to expand without corresponding title or compensation alignment. Combined with ongoing concerns about transparency and psychological safety, this has significantly impacted my long-term outlook with the company. In particular, the handling of employee feedback created hesitation around speaking openly. When an organization promotes a “safe” and “anonymous” environment, employees need to trust that commitment in practice. Based on what I observed, that trust is difficult to maintain. As a result, I have begun exploring opportunities in organizations that more clearly align performance, recognition, and employee trust.