Loyalty and passion are two words that don't belong in a discussion about employer/employee relations, except in exceedingly rare personal situations.
The Employer/Employee relationship is a business relationship. You may enjoy good personal relationships with individuals, but the relationship documented by your paycheck is a purely business relationship.
What you owe your employer, and your employees, is professionalism, the same as your plumber or pharmacist.
As an employee that means show up most of the time, do the best work you're capable of, improve yourself, play well with the other children.
As an employer that means don't exploit the asymmetric power relationship, for example by not making death marches the norm, maintain a safe and pleasant workplace, pay reasonably well with reasonably good benefits, support employees' self-improvement efforts, and be an ethical member of the community.
A business has no "loyalty" to any employee when business doesn't work out and they need to shed workers. Loyalty in this sense would be when a family goes above and beyond to house a family member even when it results in economic damage. I would never expect that from an employer.
So an employer should never expect loyalty beyond good work and a two week notice.
The Employer/Employee relationship is a business relationship. You may enjoy good personal relationships with individuals, but the relationship documented by your paycheck is a purely business relationship.
What you owe your employer, and your employees, is professionalism, the same as your plumber or pharmacist.
As an employee that means show up most of the time, do the best work you're capable of, improve yourself, play well with the other children.
As an employer that means don't exploit the asymmetric power relationship, for example by not making death marches the norm, maintain a safe and pleasant workplace, pay reasonably well with reasonably good benefits, support employees' self-improvement efforts, and be an ethical member of the community.
A business has no "loyalty" to any employee when business doesn't work out and they need to shed workers. Loyalty in this sense would be when a family goes above and beyond to house a family member even when it results in economic damage. I would never expect that from an employer.
So an employer should never expect loyalty beyond good work and a two week notice.