I can only argue this with anecdotal evidence (albeit it lots of anecdotal evidence), but I've always found Google employees to be incredibly loyal to the compa

I can only argue this with anecdotal evidence (albeit it lots of anecdotal evidence), but I've always found Google employees to be incredibly loyal to the company / Google brand. Google hires the most talented and ambitious people they can. These people make awesome things for Google. But talented and ambitious people can't sit still for long, no matter how good the food is or how many massages they get. In the valley, turnover is high. That's the way it works. People working at (as the article mentions) ExxonMobil are probably there for life -- whereas I know very few 20-somethings in the valley that stay in the same job for more than a few years. The rest of the world has promotions; our equivalent tends to be switching companies for a better/more interesting/higher paying job.