Everyone seems to be emotionally attached to the job, the product, the company. Now if it was really yours...meaning you invented it, marketed, built it, sold it...sure makes sense. But, this is just a job. The loyalty doesn't ever go both ways, obviously. You depend on the paycheck to live, they maybe..have some small dependency, depending on your job, on you to get product out the door. When you work for a small company, wearing lots of hats, it makes a difference. Large companies....not so much. You were hired to do a specific job. If it seems there is never an upside to trying to excel, then do the job you were hired for. Thats it. Leave the job at the job. Divorce yourself from any emotional attachment. I used to have an emotional connection to the company, the job, the product. Learned the hard way not to.
Currently I work in R&D at a large company. I take pride in my work, I want to see the designs I do succeed and make them money, and help the world in what my products do. But, if they came today and said this project is cancelled, I'm ok. Whats next? No emotion. What would you like me to do next is the question. And when I retire, I can look over the past 40+ years and say I had a hand in this...and this...and stuff I can't tell you about. And I walk away....
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