I know an engineer who was working in a failing company in post-communist Eastern Europe. The decline of the company took more than a year, in which time salari

I know an engineer who was working in a failing company in post-communist Eastern Europe. The decline of the company took more than a year, in which time salaries were cut, sometimes pay was delayed for months or not given at all, the owners were visibly transferring their personal wealth abroad (as well as moving their family members). This engineer stayed at the company, despite some good offers from elsewhere, to the point when heating was cut off from the company and he had to sit in office in winter jacket, and in the last weeks he brought printing paper from home. Finally the company went bankrupt and he took the earlier job offer at a salary lower than what was offered before. Morale: watch out for signs of Stockholm syndrome, because it can be real.