Is anyone here willing to share some engagement team horror stories and what you did to get through it without any personal identifying information? I'm feeling really alone on this. I went from being a top performer and loving my job to wanting leave consulting entirely after being placed on a toxic team that keeps extending me. I've tried switching teams, but they won't let me leave.

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I was sent out to minnesota every week and had to wake up at 430 am to label bins in a warehouse 12-13 hours a day for 4 months… They hired me for a mostly remote Data Science job.

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I've been in one tough project after another. It's the trend now with margins tightening and every project turns into a pressure cooker. It brings out the worst in people. I want to say the project will end, but the next one is not likely going to get better.

Truthfully I think the only way to manage this is to exit consulting. Get your experience, skill, and get out.

Who is the “they” that won’t let you leave?

In a small firm, it seems like there would be some honest oversight on staff. If this is happening, then m guessing top leadership has a fu attitude on anything but getting work done. If there was an opportunity to have a discussion with someone, I’m guessing you would have some that. So you can wait it out or not, but fixing the team dynamic looks unlikely. Sorry :-(

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