[Verse 1] The alarm bells ring at three AM again Another breach alert, another weekend spent Sarah's been here eighteen months, she's burning out The team's down three more people, filled with doubt Sixty-hour weeks become the normal way When security staff keep walking away [Chorus] Twenty percent turnover, that's the line Cultural toxicity warning sign When the guardians can't guard themselves System failure, crying for help Burnout's not weakness, it's structural pain Mass exodus opens the breach door again [Verse 2] Capital One learned this lesson way too hard Two thousand nineteen, their defenses scarred The security team was hemorrhaging talent Departures left gaps, controls unbalanced One engineer gone, configurations drift Legacy knowledge lost, creating the rift [Chorus] Twenty percent turnover, that's the line Cultural toxicity warning sign When the guardians can't guard themselves System failure, crying for help Burnout's not weakness, it's structural pain Mass exodus opens the breach door again [Bridge] Departure intent surveys tell the tale Organizational health begins to fail Escalating stress has root causes deep Compounding factors make the problems steep Lagging indicator of dysfunction wide Not individual fault, it's systemic pride [Verse 3] The CISO watches talent drain away Each resignation letter seals their fate Institutional memory walks out the door Security posture weaker than before The board asks why breaches keep occurring While ignoring signs of staff deterring [Chorus] Twenty percent turnover, that's the line Cultural toxicity warning sign When the guardians can't guard themselves System failure, crying for help Burnout's not weakness, it's structural pain Mass exodus opens the breach door again [Outro] Fix the structure, not the symptoms shown Healthy teams protect what they call home Twenty percent threshold, heed the call Before your cyber fortress starts to fall
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