[goshx]

When I work for a company, I want to make sure that whatever I am working on will help the company succeed. I want to be part of that success. This is commitment. I am not there just to get the pay check for my 9 to 5 hours and move on to another company because they offered me extra $5 bucks.

[Iftheshoefits]

If only modern companies had a similar view toward their employees. The fact is, whatever your particular situation, most companies don't return the exuberant loyalty you have for them. Although some have managers who are skilled enough salesmen to make you believe otherwise.

[goshx]

I agree and that is the main reason that made me move on from previous companies that I've worked for. However, I never used this fact as an excuse to care less about the work I am doing.

[fein]

Hope you own the company, or are higher up in it.

Your boss may like you, but your company couldn't care less if you were hit by a bus tomorrow. Sure, you'd get a mention and a small office party with stale cookies and cheap pizza, but you'd be forgotten within the year.

[lhc-]

That only works if the company shares that commitment and wants to share the rewards of that success. In my (admittedly not small-startup) experience, that is not often the case.

[sanskritabelt]

This is 2013. You gotta look out for Number One.