Keep your job for five years, get $50,000

Re:Keep your job for five years, get $50,000 by nknight on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @08:18PM (#3218396)

You probably don't want to know what I think of patriotism, most people find my views on the subject to be offensive.

But I never said loyalty to abstract entities didn't exist, the implication is that it's horribly misguided.

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Re:Keep your job for five years, get $50,000 by true_religion on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @09:54PM (#3218657)

Sorry then. I misunderstood you.

But then why is that loyalty misguided?

How does it particularly different from loyalty to people (which you seem to think isn't misguided)?

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Re:Keep your job for five years, get $50,000 by libria on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @11:38PM (#3218918)

Employee-company relationships are strictly business: service for compensation (usually $). Loyalty here is artificial because at any point the contract is breached (service declines, compensation is inadequate) the relationship is terminated. A business cannot choose to remain loyal to an employee if it means bankruptcy.

Relationships between people rely on more flexible rules: networking, camaraderie, common ground. A psychologist would say that these are a trade of "services" of a sort, but since nothing is inked, loyalty plays a stronger role. Unlike a business, it is not unheard of that a person sacrifice their welfare/life for their spouse/offspring.

It is misguided to expect the type of loyalty in the latter in the context of the former.

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