Exit to where? You haven't truly mitigated risk, you're just hiding from the problem.
There are complex systems in a large enterprise. If you want to change, you need to waste years to uncover why things are what they are. Fixing politics will not bring any good to your health and resume
Agreed. At the same time avoiding problems will also be deleterious to your health and resume. Seems like OP is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Quiting is an option. I left a toxic software consultancy env after a few months because of the politics and scapegoat
Like re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
That I knew. My hope was that someone smarter than me on HN has some good strategies that could help mitigate the biggest risks :)