Continual Crisis Mode *is* exhausting, all the more so when the crises are internally generated (often senior people making promises that can't realistically be kept, or over-optimistic scheduling or budgeting that leaves no room for contingent events).
I once worked in an environment where a change in management led to something of a "situational normal" Crisis Mode environment. I left as soon as I could.
Continual Crisis Mode *is* exhausting, all the more so when the crises are internally generated (often senior people making promises that can't realistically be kept, or over-optimistic scheduling or budgeting that leaves no room for contingent events).
I once worked in an environment where a change in management led to something of a "situational normal" Crisis Mode environment. I left as soon as I could.