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"I'll care about the company if you make me a shareholder, until then, not my problem."
Last year I was talking with a veteran coworker who was worried about where the company was going to end up in 10 years, but my contract ends in a year and will not be renewed. I told her openly, they're not paying me to think about 10 years from now, they're paying me to make the next year a good year, and I don't really care about the long-term future cuz I won't be here. She was furious, but she wasn't furious enough to go get me a long-term contract. I think she never saw the hypocrisy; even today she still thinks that I'm a bad worker.
Exactly, unless it's a cooperative all I care about is my compensation.