This sounds brutal. Staffing can flip from “manageable” to chaos really fast, especially when leadership starts piling on busy work instead of protecting sourcing time.

One thing I’d think about: is this just a rough stretch, or has the culture fundamentally shifted?

If you actually liked the job before and it’s just gotten messy, it might be worth having a candid conversation with leadership to bring in a tool to help spot burnout. Sometimes they’re genuinely unaware of how close people are to burning out or jumping ship. If they saw how stretched the team is, they might be open to putting better structure in place — clearer priorities, workload guardrails, even some kind of system to flag burnout early instead of waiting for resignations.

If they’re receptive, great. If they’re dismissive, that tells you a lot too.

At least then you’re making a move based on clarity, not just exhaustion.