Not only do you have to worry about being a “good worker” there's no guarantee that you can even retain that job! The past few companies I have worked for have had layoffs and I was considered a “good worker”. It's deflating when you do actually give a shit , have decent hours and have decent pay that you can still lose it due to a layoff. All it takes is for another company to swoop in and take it over or for your company to fail it's quota a few times before it decides to layoff their employees.