You're right, but rarely does management encourage a "we're just here for the money" kind of employee attitude. More like "we're all a team, let's do great thi

You're right, but rarely does management encourage a "we're just here for the money" kind of employee attitude. More like "we're all a team, let's do great things together"...until we sell the team and bolt. Should adults know better? Yes. But, it's still essentially lying, trying to get people to feel loyalty to an organization (so that they will worker long hours, etc.) while not feeling any loyalty to it yourself. But, by now, the pattern is long since clear, yes. But it's so out of whack with how the rest of human interactions work, that it is perpetually surprising to most people. It's more or less institutionalized psychopathy.