> They should also be changing jobs when the effort to reward ratio starts to become unfavorable compared to other jobs on the market.

The problem here is that all tech companies look alike. Take for example the interview process (copied by almost any company out there that thinks they are google). Another example: the under/meets/above expectations BS. And now the most recent example of “token usage as sign of productivity”.

So, it’s getting tremendously difficult to simply switch jobs that offer something different