Flutterby™! : Loyal workers and exploitation

Not exactly news, and I think there are some deeper questions to be answered here about what occurs long-term, but: Managers Exploit Loyal Workers Over Less Committed Colleagues

Companies want loyal workers, and there is a ton of research showing that loyal workers provide all sorts of positive benefits to companies,” said Matthew Stanley, Ph.D., the lead researcher on the new paper and postdoctoral researcher at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. “But it seems like managers are apt to target them for exploitative practices.”

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology: Loyal workers are selectively and ironically targeted for exploitation

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104442