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Imagine you are working for a company for a number of year in which you have established yourself as a reliable, steady employee. You never bang in sick and you work extra hours and weekends when needed. Your efforts ensure that the company stays on track and meets deadlines, etc.

As a result, you move up in the ranks and earn for yourself a decent $70,000 salary.

Meanwhile, you are surrounded by slackers who habitually show up late or call in sick. They never go the extra mile. They gripe and complain and hold you in contempt because they see you as a brown-noser and a sucker. But you are okay with that because you are making almost double what they are making.

Then you come to work one morning and read the announcement. Everybody in the company is suddenly making the same as you. And unlike you, they didn't have to work for it. Suddenly all those who were taunting you are walking by you with smirks. They know that they are now at your level and that all your striving and dedication was all for nothing.