This is the type of toxic, cynical attitude GP is talking about. It doesn’t have to be this way, and you approaching it with this expectation is possibly creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I didn't get laid off 3 times because I have a bad attitude. I got laid off because:
1) it was cheaper for the company to move the software department over seas
2) The business got sold to Amazon and as part of that process they had to downsize
3) Company collapsed due to leadership failure
I had a good attitude until I saw how disposable I was to these companies. You're an asset until you aren't.
Product finished? downsizing. Financial crisis that doesn't effect our industry? downsizing. Company about to IPO? downsizing.
Companies have no loyalty, you shouldn't either.
If the work runs out, find another job. Nothing wrong with that.
It's not a self-fulfilling prophecy like claimed above.
At this point it’s in the corporations court. If you have managed to generate a relationship with your labor force where they are no longer lying flat, but actively trying to cause sabotage like you described then I think you(the companies in question, not you in particular) share some of the onus on how we got here
Edit: and to be clear I’ve been working in tech for over a decade, this is not a perspective from a new grad with only the internet as their source of information. The younger generation has seen their older siblings and cousins getting fucked over more and more each year and we’re reaching the point of societal unrest where a large group of people no longer think the “deal” society is offering them is worth it
You can't complain about people becoming cynical when right now you can see all the tech giants investing ridiculous sums in order to eliminate staff from their payroll.
Yeah capitalism is sad in a lot of ways - particular the modes of possible value. But we are actually talking about working in hierarchical management organizations which have existed forever and have nothing to do exclusively with capitalism.