TheDude, you are an amazing human being and your efforts enrich many lives, thank you!

Let me add to this by saying the disillusioned old hand in any workplace also has an important role: if management ever starts being unreasonable or makes poor/toxic decisions, the guy working there for over a decade has far more clout in calling it out than a young hire. You’ve been there long enough that you’ll know if something isn’t right, and that is insanely valuable for someone starting their career to have in a coworker.

Many people can be selfless and wonderful, true, but the people who are selfish and cruel often work hard to be in positions of power and authority regardless of the system.