On loyalty to Your Employer

Re:On loyalty to Your Employer by sanderjd on Thursday April 24, 2025 @10:58AM (#43783636)

In addition to what others have said about loyalty to the people who happen to work at a company, which I agree with entirely:

I think it's good to have admiration for the company (or any organization) you work for. If you can't find anything you admire, it might be better to find another place to work where you can.

This implies having the privilege of having options. For me, it's probably the primary reason I try to direct my career toward having skills or connections that give me options.

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Re:On loyalty to Your Employer by tart-lemonade on Thursday April 24, 2025 @11:40AM (#43784078)

Being able to take pride in your work also helps a lot. In academia, my work may not be the most well compensated (it's perfectly reasonable for the area but I'm not going to be retiring early), but it is modern software that meaningfully helps others at my institution and doesn't actively make society worse.

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Re:On loyalty to Your Employer by sanderjd on Thursday April 24, 2025 @02:16PM (#43785766)

Yes. This is very closely tied into the ability to admire the organization, at least for me. It's very hard for me to take pride in my work for an organization I think is bad.

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