It doesn't stop at GA - the rest of your career into the airline industry is no different. Neither is it anywhere else in employment. That's life mate
It's how people are motivated, worked at a job that was highly sort after, good remuneration, life style, no night flying other than for emergency work, and was on a AFAP GA award, troops went to the pub on Friday after work and socialised by way of dinner at each others place and BBQ's. Then the company made us staff, that's when the knives came out as salary was now predicated on a yearly performance report, oh, and no more sessions at the pub, dinners or BBQ's