Reorganizations are meant to improve efficiencies, but can introduce substantial disruption to people and teams. You’re feeling good about an upcoming project, a breakthrough with your boss, or your team finally getting into a flow. Then you get the email, or you’re called in for an “all hands” — they’re announcing a “reorg.”

One day, all the work you’ve put in will pay off — just not yet. This myth is at the heart of what corporate tech employees hear, breathe, and live daily as they work in the most innovative and cutting-edge workplaces in the world. For many, it’s both a lie and a promise that will never come true, and instead will lead them down a path toward burnout, exhaustion, mental health challenges, physical symptoms, and a stifled joy for the career they once loved.