You make a really good point about the relationship between job security and motivation and commitment. In my case we actually do employ people under medium to

You make a really good point about the relationship between job security and motivation and commitment. In my case we actually do employ people under medium to long term contracts, so this is less of a factor. But I think the phenonemon you mention is widespread and endemic in the IT industry which definitely contributes to the technology fetishism and resume building type dysfunctional behaviours that plague us.