I started at a small local company almost a decade ago that later sold out to a big corporation. Life is hell.
My dept. is less than half it's peak size, but workload increases. We plan exciting projects, but BigCo pushes work they don't want to worry their team with in the way. I see job ads I'm qualified for for anything up to 2x my salary. Our sister dept. at BigCo can be 100% wfh, we get 0%. My life outside of work is almost nonexistent entirely because of work, I go home exhausted every night.
I'm done with it.
It's openly acknowledged I'm the key player in my dept., so next week I'm going to hand over a list of demands and my notice and ask them to choose.
Either way I'm going to take some time off and return to work doing less hours for more money.