Is anyone else just waiting for the other shoe to drop, or am I just losing my mind?

bt · 2026-05-01T07:03:20.256Z

It feels like we’re playing a game of corporate Jenga. Every time a row of seats clears out in the Slack directory, the rest of us are expected to just absorb the tectonic shift without missing a beat on the weekly sprint. I’m currently covering the scope of three people who were my mentors last quarter, and the silence in the office—and the sheer volume of "urgent" Jira tickets—is deafening. I find myself refreshing the internal news feed every ten minutes like it’s a bomb timer. Is the team architecture stable, or are we just rearranging deck chairs while the ship loses its engine? I’m exhausted, but I’m too terrified to log off early because I don’t want to be the "low hanging fruit" in the next round of headcount optimization. Are we actually building toward a long-term vision, or are we just padding the margins until the next re-org cycle hits? I need to know if I should be updating my resume tonight or if I’m actually safe. This isn't sustainable.

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