I'm currently working at Barclays as an AVP, and I've been facing a lot of uncertainty due to ongoing layoffs in my project. Thankfully, I've managed to survive the latest round of layoffs this year, but there's a looming possibility of more layoffs happening every year or even every six months. In the meantime, I've been exploring internal job opportunities and recently cleared interviews for a position in another project. However, the role is quite different from what I'm doing now; it's more focused on manual checks, validation, audit, governance, and mappings, essentially a data analyst role, whereas I currently work as a technical lead. I'm feeling torn between taking this less engaging role for the sake of job security or staying in my current position with the hope of not being affected by future layoffs, especially since there's a chance I could get promoted to VP if I stay. To make matters more complicated, the higher-ups in my current role have started micromanaging, keeping tabs on things like GitLab commits and time in the office, which is making the work environment feel increasingly toxic. I'm looking for advice on whether I should make the switch or stick it out.