I’ll go against the grain here and say it depends on the employer. I worked for a great company, where we were well treated, well paid, believed in our product, had long term employees and low turnover, steady growth and competitive advantage. Our work was important and we loved our customers and they us. I worked crazy bullshit hours for these folks. They never had to ask. We were engaged and wanted to give our best.

Then they got bought out, laid off a bunch, outsourced to india who pickled a client’s production system and shut down operations for a week because they didn’t know the difference between test and production.

I went from a superstar hard worker, to a drifter because they murdered everything from reputations to culture to benefits. Everything sucked and I hoped I would find some reason to stay even though in my heart, I knew it was over.