It's important not to confuse "I don't care if your company lives or dies" with "I'm going to be a bad worker." I'm an amazing worker. As I said, I care about

It's important not to confuse "I don't care if your company lives or dies" with "I'm going to be a bad worker." I'm an amazing worker. As I said, I care about my professional reputation. When/if the company dies I want every single one of my former coworkers fighting to get me hired at wherever they land. You don't get former coworkers clamoring to get you in at their new shop by being a bad worker. Companies want me to work for them, and former coworkers want me to work with them. I am just not emotionally invested in the companies who pay me a wage, I'm going to set reasonable boundaries on my time, and I'm generally going to respond rationally to incentives. Responding rationally to incentives includes considering if the extra work required to achieve a particular bonus is worth the effort, often it is not.