The employee is at the wheel here. That’s the realization that’s setting in. Want more engagement? Make the work more engaging. Or just realize that you get wh

The employee is at the wheel here. That’s the realization that’s setting in. Want more engagement? Make the work more engaging. Or just realize that you get what you pay more. What the “bar for the role” gap is really is the zone you work in when you don’t care about getting ahead. Getting ahead has never been mandatory, at least post the first few years at work (often the first few levels in most corporations have an expiry date you need to matriculate through or be let go). Once you’re in a terminal role it’s supposed to be ok to stay there and not put in that extra to get ahead. It should be ok for people to not always be striving and reaching higher and higher. Often other things in life become more important - children, last years with parents, your maker hobby. That’s ok.