<i>Well, if you continue working harder than them, you&#x27;ll be promoted and get a raise, and they won&#x27;t.</i><p>Or not, if the company has no money left for merit raises because they&#x27;re paying well above market salaries to others.<p><i>But if that&#x27;s the type of person you are, maybe the company would be better off without you anyway?</i><p>So you expect employees to perpetually go above and beyond the job requirements without consideration of whether they&#x27;ll be rewarded for it?