Oh wow, super necro, haha. 7 years later...
Architecture I have found, in general, is a pretty toxic industry overall. Like a lot of professional careers, people who end up running firms do it beceause they like the work and the control, but they generally have zero business or management training. The larger firms that do have more of that structure tend to pigeonhole since they have the volume of staff to gain efficiencies from specialization. There's a lot of [client] money and politics on top of poor management resulting in crunches, but at the same time there's no such thing as an actual architectural emergency.
I have ended up adding some interior design credentials to my undergrad and fairly extensive architectural experience and do not ever see going back for a Masters to become registered.
I'm now working for government after my last job almost gave me a breakdown after several years there (almost half the longer term staff quit within a year) and a nearly exact posting for my qualifications came up which is extremely rare. Bored out of my skull but at least I'm making almost double what I was and able to sleep these days.
