Sadly, for whatever reason, people who aren't doing their job also aren't being fired nearly as often as they used to be either. This fact can also contribute

Sadly, for whatever reason, people who aren't doing their job also aren't being fired nearly as often as they used to be either. This fact can also contribute to a feeling of despair which leads good hard working employees to feel like giving up as well. When you're working your butt off and doing a great job, and the guy/gal next to you is constantly slacking, and somehow you're both getting paid the same, while some weasely little manager talks down to everyone all the time, it kinda makes you wanna just do the absolute bare minimum you can get away with doing.