Why do we tolerate corporate hellholes for so long before realizing there's better out there?

Much happier now 💜

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianWorkplace/s/Y8jF0dTWC6
Wrote this exactly a year ago on my birthday. The horrible people removed me from their org one day before my birthday. The politics, the mental torture, blaming other people instead of looking at your own faults. Always torturing employees to work late, still not giving them credit for their work. Manager literally believing the lies of their favourite employee, manager worshipping the fav employee, sidelining all the hard work put by me. Constant monitoring. Constants threats of PIP and HR calls. F big4.
I hated the firm more than anything else. 🤮
Now at a much much smaller firm, my work hours are flexible, i can logout when i finish my work. Not extend till 8pm. my manager is very nice and very supportive. Mental satisfaction is there. Its not like im working all the time, and still get treated like shit.
Theres of course work pressure , but i do get praised for delivering my work on time. Polite behaviours by all my teammates. Hyping each other for their promotion. God saved me from that big4 hellhole.