I often see employers whining their employees don't go the extra mile... without giving the employees any incentives of doing so! What I tell folks I mentor is that a job isn't serious if there's no stocks or bonus in the compensation package.
For that specific example, it's because there was no risk on your end for developing the product. To capture it's value the IP would have needed to be developed outside the company and licensed to it. But that's way more risky.
> So why should I have ever gone above and beyond in the first place? Meanwhile my manager repeatedly complained to me that I only worked 9-5.
You shouldn't have, at least, not there. Clearly they had no clue how innovation happens and how to create an environment where the type of people who innovate ends up.
For that specific example, it's because there was no risk on your end for developing the product. To capture it's value the IP would have needed to be developed outside the company and licensed to it. But that's way more risky.
> So why should I have ever gone above and beyond in the first place? Meanwhile my manager repeatedly complained to me that I only worked 9-5.
You shouldn't have, at least, not there. Clearly they had no clue how innovation happens and how to create an environment where the type of people who innovate ends up.