The first thing any person should ask herself is what her aspirations are and what her passion is. Answer that and look for a career path that helps you fulfill both. Nate is right, I feel, in that anyone who comes to work with a clouded attitude will not make the best employee. It sounds like, from your second post, that you see an actual problem with the management structure, so is the corporate environment creating obstacles to your overall success? If so, you have three options: stay put and do nothing about it; two, stay but try to work with your team to make a change within your Office that MAY lead to a change within the company and help you feel more satisfied, or three, leave. There are other leasing opportunities, I'm sure, in your area. However, you need to understand yourself, what motivates you and you also need an honest assessment of your skills. Is leasing what you want to do, or is being the manager what you want? Please don't feel locked into a position that makes you unhappy, even in this economy. Remember, too, we create our own happiness. You cannot depend on a work place to do that for you, so if you are unhappy it is up to you to decide for yourself what you can do to change that.