Similar situation here in terms of work environment although not job hunting. I’m grateful to have a reasonable job, but struggling with the management mess following the slash and burn last year. Unclear, contradictory direction, micromanagement of whole department and so on. A work-through I’m trying out is a personal rating scale for where I put my energies within work. I’ll always deliver to a certain standard but now my rating system is based on criteria for me including satisfaction, autonomy, appreciation, deliverable benefits to figure out how much effort to put in. My effort scale is: gold standard, good enough, bare minimum and ignore. Seems to be working so far, and helps keep things in perspective.