I don know if its the case that I hang out with deadbeats but people around me do cut back from putting in their best when they feel under appreciated in terms

I don know if its the case that I hang out with deadbeats but people around me do cut back from putting in their best when they feel under appreciated in terms of recognition or reward. It might be because I am currently not working in an aspirational field like Video Game programming where just the privilege of being able to work on a game means that people put in their best no matter what. Anyway I think that in a interface where there is less than complete communication renegotiation often happens in terms of readjusting deliverables.