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Look, I’m going to be blunt because nobody else will. The work life balance is a joke, full stop. The hours are whatever the business wants them to be, and the expectation is that you will deal with it. If you think anyone is going to notice you are burned out or step in to protect your time, you are going to be disappointed. The machine keeps moving, and you are expected to keep up. And the internal politics, it’s not a side issue, it’s the operating system. You can do good work and still get nowhere because the real game is alliances, visibility, and which camp you’re in this quarter. Teams can be territorial, priorities shift based on personalities, and decisions do not always follow logic or performance. It can feel impossible to navigate if you are expecting straightforward accountability. As for the executive team caring, let’s be serious. They care about outcomes, numbers, and not getting surprised. If you need empathy, reassurance, or a human-centered culture to feel supported, you are in the wrong place. This is an environment where you either learn to play the game and absorb the pressure, or you burn out and get replaced.

If career progression is what you seek then you must align yourself with the correct people and path immediately or you will find yourself in a windless Sargasso Sea with no escape. Like all companies that operate in the fossil fuel industry, cyclical layoffs are just a fact of life.