People are motivated to stay in the same job for many different reasons. This essay disagrees  that salary is the main factor because most companies pay the same amount of money for  the same job, and the culture of a company is far more important than monetary  considerations.  It does not make sense to say that money is the primary reason why people stay with the  same company because for any job there are a number of different companies, all offering a  similar salary. This can easily be demonstrated by looking in the employment section of any  newspaper and looking at similar roles in the same city. For example, in London right now  there are 17 corporate finance jobs and of those, 16 of them are looking for people with 5  years of experience and all pay $60,000-70,000 per year.  What is more important is the ethos that each corporation has, and whether you fit in with  their philosophy. Some workplaces are very relaxed and put an emphasis on work-life  balance, whereas others a...