My last job had some giant red flags right up front. “Who would I report to?” “We don’t know.” “Who would I work with?” “We’re not sure yet.” And then there was a high profile legal issue after I accepted but before I started, and it rendered the position I was hired for irrelevant.

I worked there for four years anyway. Every one of those red flags was a sign of a real problem. Three of those years were very good, but eventually the chickens came home to roost.