Moving out from big 4 to mid-size or big non-tech companies

I only have software engineering experience working in big tech companies (during internships + full time for few years), and I start getting burnt out by the constant work that I find meaningless but the leadership thinks is "important". I think the features I'm developing are things that the leadership wants instead of what the users actually need, and with other internal politics problems I completely lose motivation in work. If I stay at my current position, I know my annual review won't end well. I've been trying to move team internally for almost half a year now with no success, so I'm starting to think about applying externally. My career goal: having a stable work in a company whose products the average people like us actually use in real life or working in tech for city/county/state government. I check the job openings in my area and I do see some software engineering opening in mid-size companies (e.g. banks with known names) or big non-tech companies (e.g. Disney). I will take a big pay cut and lose benefits, but if the environment is better, I don't mind it. I want to hear from people here if you have experience moving from big tech to smaller companies that are not startups, and how your experience is. Do you regret it? Or are you thriving in your newer, smaller companies compared to big tech?