Why? Why should I spent my time/energy at a company that doesn't pay me what I'm worth? I've played this game before and it's not worth it. I've been on committees, I've organized events for work, I've worked on building team/company moral, written surveys and studied survey results, planned meals/outings, etc. That company did not reward that behavior at all and not matter how hard I pushed they wouldn't move on certain things (remote work being top of list but also treating all employees with dignity/respect). All I got was tiny "cost of living" pay increases (3% or less) even as my contributions increased at a much faster rate. I left that job and got a very sizable "raise" and I recommend other people do the same thing. You (often) have zero equity in the company and thus zero incentive to change it for the better, life is way to short to toil away for someone else's gain when they don't reward you for your effort.