I've been in a situation where I was set to fail despite the fact that I was actually performing a vital task for the company.
Every damned time I set out to implement changes necessary to ensure the maintainability of the project, the boss would bring in an architect (who otherwise never even looked at the project) and he would pull the rug out from under my feet.
Every damned time. By the time they realised I was actually useful and regretted the situation I was checked out and ready to walk out the door.
Hmm, was your architect also allergic to any kind of risk? E.g. any change was by default undesireable because any change carried more risk than not changing anything.
Every damned time I set out to implement changes necessary to ensure the maintainability of the project, the boss would bring in an architect (who otherwise never even looked at the project) and he would pull the rug out from under my feet.
Every damned time. By the time they realised I was actually useful and regretted the situation I was checked out and ready to walk out the door.