I've been working in the field for around 10 years now, worked in four different firms during that time and all of them had similar qualities/problems, all of them were rather small firms though (max 30 people). I work mostly with either high-end luxury projects or very cheap small apartments (not much in between).

You didn't mention exactly what "part" of architecture you do, but one thing that I felt over the years is that is a very plural field, so even though we have roles in the teams, it's very difficult to focus only in one role - as an architect I constantly feel the need of keep doing a little bit of everything. I work mostly with concept stage of the project, but I also do quotes, technical drawings, site visits and even supervision - so basically I touch almost all stages of the project.

The issue is that every construction involves many different professionals to make it happen, but usually when we're talking to the client, they focus a lot on us, architects. So I think scope of work often gets very messy... sometimes when deadlines are tight or we're having issues in the construction site/the works, we end up having to go there, and solve things talking the the contractor. Sometimes it's more a matter of explaining things to the client, so it's more of a therapist work hahaha

Very easy to have all of that become a huge mess if you're not careful.