A serious heartfelt THANK YOU for doing this.
> Also, some people want to hire you because you're a straight shooter
Absolutely!
Life's too short to work with people who are not looking out for you. Life's too short to work with people who think they are pragmatic by being deliberately ambigious or outright misleading.
Just move on, if you can. There is more than one team out there thats exactly what you're looking for.
It might take time and effort on your part to find them, but with enough effort you will.
There absolutely are people who want to build a solid business.
Part of building a solid business is building solid relationships.
Evidence? Every company, that failed to build solid relationships, no matter how big to fail they were in the past, are nothing today.
If everybody suffering also left, the problem people they are all supporting would drop right through the floor.
Your (ex)coworkers will just apply where you happen to currently work. It happens organically without any suggesting or prodding.
Everyone else: if you can't stick your neck out, DON'T.
(Also, some people want to hire you because you're a straight shooter and you don't stand for bullshit. It's not burning bridges, it's finding the ones that weren't worth a damn in the first place. The good ones will still be there, and will be even stronger for it.)