Personally, I think they're just not go-getters (your
   co-workers).
   Thing is, there's systems within systems.
   I've had complacent co-workers. I wasn't one of them. I had my
   own agenda that I allowed to match up with the authorities when
   it suited me.
   Was I fooling myself? No.
   I crossed departmental lines to help people outside my
   department, even competing departments because MY AGENDA was to
   assist people to Betterment; whatever it was. [in that case, it
   was helping them get to a point where they could use Excel and
   other data tools to do their own reports, be better at their
   jobs, and help the organization as a whole... but mostly.. to
   help them as people.

   Someday they may leave that job.
   Their skillset remains.
   I helped.

   Some people's mission is just "get through the day because there
   is a beer waiting at home." And that's fine. Everybody has
   goals, even if they're unspoken.