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But why should any of us bother picking up new skills and adjusting mindsets if the author has to fight for a raise after saving the company $500k?

Secondarily, why should the author continue to fix things like this when they don't benefit, but others responsible are also not facing any consequences?

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Your skills and mindset are going to help boost your career when it comes time to find a new position. It's not really for your employer's benefit, but your own, and the job is just a convenient way for you to learn some new things for yourself rather than doing it at home.

Loyalty to a company isn't rewarded today the way it used to be, so you just have to take that experience to a company with a better proposition at some point.

Well, this is an internal driver. A person has it or not. (Just like technicall skills but in a different area.)

If you do it for yourself, that's great, but you should withhold the benefits of that from the company if they aren't going to reward you for being better.

I don't expect any reward, praising or eternal glory. I'm paid for doing the job. At some level, and to get to that level, doing a contract minimum is not enough.

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