Doing things to make yourself look bad will be detrimental to your career and likely will get you fired. Think about the possible scenarios. 1) The project completes in 6 months. You've done well and everybody is impressed. You have domain and company knowledge. They aren't going to want to let you go. They'll have to move you to another project where you can be best utilized. Or perhaps even promoted to manage another project. 2) The project goes on forever because, realistically, no project ever dies. We still have a client using an old DOS version of our program :{ If it looks like it'll never end and you don't want to work on it then you should approach management about moving you elsewhere. Depending upon the company politics you can convey how you don't really enjoy the job and would like more challenging/appropriate tasks. If they agree then you get transferred. If they don't then you should start looking for a new job. 3) The project is going on forever so you start doing things to get off the project. The company will take one of two actions: fire you or transfer you. If they transfer you then you'll now be marked as that person who will start getting lazy when they don't enjoy the job anymore. How long will you last on your next project (the PM will wonder)? This is the slow, but guaranteed, way to get laid off. In an ideal world you'll get transferred but, based upon your comments, that doesn't seem likely so you are left with getting fired or finding a new job. If you start looking for a new job and your employer gets wind of it then they'll either become more interested in your feelings and probably give you what you want or they'll throw you out. In the former case they'll signify they don't want to lose you (but the problem might occur again). In the latter case they are showing the mantra of "you're with us or against us" in which case you probably shouldn't be there anyway. If you do something to get fired then this will come back to haunt you for the rest of your career. Your current employer will not be a good reference. Furthermore when you are asked why you left the company at future interviews then you can't really lie. At the same time keep in mind that if you do a lackluster job and get transferred to another project then that will leave a mark as well. In future reviews or in job interviews you will be seen as someone who "throws a tantrum" and does poor work when they don't like their job. These types of people are troublemakers and most companies like tig
