Perhaps we're using the term in two different contexts.
I'm using the term loyalty for lack of a better term. There was a time when employees would often go above and beyond for their employers, because the reverse was also often true. Roughly, the shift away from the "lifetime employment" model.
Things like:
- Somewhere in the 1980's, when layoffs started to happen even in relatively financially healthy companies
- The move from pensions to 401k's
- The shift of a higher percentage of healthcare costs to the employee's portion
- More focus on hiring outsiders into higher level positions, versus training/placing internal candidates
Specifically, I might be incented to occasionally "work for free" if I thought the company would, for example, not lay me off during a particularly rough financial period.
Ah, I see. Personally, I think it's a bit healthier regardless to see your employment as a fair exchange of time for money, and not read anything else into it. There's no confusion about who owes what -- it's all spelled out for you.
I'm using the term loyalty for lack of a better term. There was a time when employees would often go above and beyond for their employers, because the reverse was also often true. Roughly, the shift away from the "lifetime employment" model.
Things like:
- Somewhere in the 1980's, when layoffs started to happen even in relatively financially healthy companies
- The move from pensions to 401k's
- The shift of a higher percentage of healthcare costs to the employee's portion
- More focus on hiring outsiders into higher level positions, versus training/placing internal candidates
Specifically, I might be incented to occasionally "work for free" if I thought the company would, for example, not lay me off during a particularly rough financial period.