[pluto9]

> I will feel bad exiting (making the rotation even smaller) and without having moved anything in the right direction.

FWIW, I've quit jobs on short notice because of poor conditions like this, and my leaving increased pressure on those who were still there. These are good things to keep in mind:

- They are free to resign too.

- Their predicament is entirely the fault of the employer, not you.

- Employees are often willing to soldier on out of a sense of duty to their coworkers, which gives the employer no incentive to change. To the company, it's a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

A former employer of mine once had all developers working 60 hour weeks because "this is what it takes to be competitive in the industry". The staff grumbled and complained, but it wasn't until there was a mass exodus of senior developers that they suddenly discovered the value of happy employees. That company is actually quite a nice place to work now. Some executives are incapable of seeing the error of their ways without real consequences.

[ianai]

There will likely always be someone willing to fill any position regardless of how abusive it is. There’s no reason to suffer because other people have decided they’re going to suffer at a miserable job. There’s also generally a huge pool of talent that management could find a way to accept for a position, if they’ve gotten the correct incentives.

[pluto9]

They can definitely find replacements, but they're still hurt by the knowledge that walks out the door with their former employees. My previous employer had a large decade-old (at the time) codebase that was only well understood by people who had been there since the beginning. Losing all those SMEs was a painful blow, which was why they finally changed their policies.