"it's possible to put above average commitment into a company, while still being entirely health. " Healthy or not, if the employee does not get above average

"it's possible to put above average commitment into a company, while still being entirely health. " Healthy or not, if the employee does not get above average renumeration for their above average efforts they are being ripped off. That's what the financial pathology here is - if everyone is working with an above average output, but thei pay is average, from the point of view of the company the cost of labour for above average output is less than the market rate, and it's harder to get fair compensation. I don't think there is anything wrong in working ones ass off, but if the worker is just an employee they should make sure their compensation is fair, versus the market rate. People often imagine that they will get a fair compensation for their work, while generally actually they get only the compensation which they ask for. That's why this 'work hard party hard' culture can be detrimental IMO - it easily blinds people to the financial realities of their situation. That's not to say that professional 10x operations would not exist where labour is rewarded faiy, but that the employee must be aware of what the unspoken gameplan actually is. Is it cultish razzle dazzle to get cheap labour or actual 'entrepreneurial spec ops' type activity.