There is also a sunk cost element to things, esp if the comp is in stock with a vesting schedule. "If I stay here just a little bit longer, $xx stock vests". An

There is also a sunk cost element to things, esp if the comp is in stock with a vesting schedule. "If I stay here just a little bit longer, $xx stock vests". And before you know it, you are five years in, burned out, but can't bring yourself to leave.