The fact is that you're going to get discouraged/bored/antsy at any job, no matter how awesome it is, and loyalty keeps you floating through the lows. It's impo

The fact is that you're going to get discouraged/bored/antsy at any job, no matter how awesome it is, and loyalty keeps you floating through the lows. It's impossible to accomplish anything without both ups and downs. If workers quit every time there's a low ("SUBJECT: Mandatory reorg meeting 11am"), a company wouldn't get anything done. Likewise, the worker wouldn't get the benefit of seeing a long-term vision through to the end. In the old days, the pot-sweetener for sticking it out through the lows was a pension; these days it's RSUs (for BigCo) & options/ownership (for startups & execs). It's easy to show up and do quality work when things are rosy at the company. It's not so easy to plow through when things are bad. But if you give up when things are bad you miss out on the good things to come. That's the function of loyalty.