• State your objections and either support the chosen path or find another job.

    I fully agree with you and that's what I did earlier ... however most of the people never go for either option. Instead they prefer argueing endlessly on the poor décisions that were taken, spoiling the mood of the department. And again you face both options: you stay or you leave. But for the time being, finding another job is not as easy as 25 years ago when I started ...