Comment by Haul4ss
4 days ago
This is a very rich-world view of work. Most people can't just "unilaterally rescind" their employment if they decide they don't like it anymore.
I don't disagree with what you're getting at, just understand that loyalty is a necessity to a lot of folks, and I don't think it is because their values are misplaced.
I understand your point, but I wouldn't call that loyalty either. Loyalty is a choice, you could cheat on your partner, but you choose not to.
What you're talking about is necessity. If you don't have the possibility to simply walk away from a job, then you're sticking around because you must, not because you're loyal.
Yeah,that's loyalty in the same way that a hostage is loyal to their captor.
They said "stops beneficial to one party", not that any of the parties stops liking it.
Many people don't like their jobs, that doesn't mean they don't benefit enough from it to pay bills.
>Most people can't just "unilaterally rescind" their employment if they decide they don't like it anymore.
I suspect what's meant here is that most anyone can take a different job and leave one that no longer serves them, not that most anyone can walk away from a job without another lined up.
I agree, and also, if it becomes not beneficial to me (for instance, large increase in responsibility for no raise), I will move from "do my absolute best mode" to "minimum effort mode" until I can line up something else -- which is just me realigning my effort level to match the standard set by the Company.