Buns - Don't think you are alone in hitting two in a row. The job before the one I resigned from in 2004 was a start-up and the CEO was using company funds for personal stuff and using company personnel and space to run one of his other small businesses. I did my best to inform the board of directors but they didn't listen to me...until it was too late and they realized he made self-serving decisions that cost them millions of their money and their friends' money. I worked there for a very long 4 years.
I was a bit surprised when the next job (the one I resigned from after 6 months) had some ethically challenged management also. I had lunch with the CEO (3 levels up from me) and told him of my concerns but there wasn't a lot he could do because my boss and his boss were as powerful as the CEO (the 3 had a long history together in several companies). Experience told me the only thing that was going to change was me so I got the heck out of there. I now work in a family-owned business for people that are honest and ethical.
I was a bit surprised when the next job (the one I resigned from after 6 months) had some ethically challenged management also. I had lunch with the CEO (3 levels up from me) and told him of my concerns but there wasn't a lot he could do because my boss and his boss were as powerful as the CEO (the 3 had a long history together in several companies). Experience told me the only thing that was going to change was me so I got the heck out of there. I now work in a family-owned business for people that are honest and ethical.