I've had the same experience. Not as extreme as you. The problem is, if your manager praises you for the output you generate with 1 hour of work daily, why inve

I've had the same experience. Not as extreme as you. The problem is, if your manager praises you for the output you generate with 1 hour of work daily, why invest more? It's not like they'd give you a bigger raise. Why not do fun stuff instead (e.g. side projects)? I always valued having jobs that base promotions and evaluations on work output, not on hours worked. And if I can satisfy their expectations and outperform coworkers with just an hour a day, why should I do more? If everyone is doing it, it's not my job as a non-manager to fix it for the company.