Is the culture dying or just evolving?

It is definitely evolving into a typical soulless corporate machine. The days of feeling secure because you put in the hours are long gone. Management seems to have traded that institutional stability for a frantic obsession with efficiency and optics. When they start using buzzwords like 'reimagining' or 'streamlining,' it is almost always a signal to update your resume and look for the exit before the next round of cuts hits your floor. You are not just imagining the shift; the environment has become purely transactional.

I have been here even longer than you, and the shift is palpable. Honestly, I think the culture died years ago; it just took the recent instability to make the rot visible to everyone. The focus has moved entirely toward appeasing shareholders at the expense of the people who actually keep the systems running. It is no longer about quality or legacy; it is about cutting costs until the bone shows. If you are feeling burnt out, just know that you are not alone in noticing how much heavier the workload has become.