大多数时候，忠诚被看作是种美德：例如，朋友之间，家人之间或者足球粉丝之间。而员工的忠诚与之不同，其具有交易性质，也更不容易评判。

员工过度忠诚会对组织不利。如果员工报告发现的问题后被公平对待，则更容易上报问题，如果担心忠诚，则不会将问题上报。而且，有研究表明，竞争环境中，忠诚过度的员工会为了自己组织而作出欺骗行为。

员工忠诚也有利好的一面。公司希望员工尽心尽力，不会动辄就投靠竞争对手公司，员工也希望公司能够值得长期托付。但是职场的忠诚毕竟是利益驱动，而非道德驱动。员工是因为喜欢这份工作而留在公司，而不是因为觉得离开公司不符合道德而留在公司。

#Job interviews are an opportunity to see  allegiances shift in real time.

#That "we" is a tiny,time-travelling gilmps of  someone imagining themselves as the  employee of a new company,of a fresh identity being forged and  loyaties being transferred.

Wage bumps and careers are built on people changing jobs.

Job switchers were being payed 7.6% more than a year earlier; job stickers were being paued only 5.6%.

Higher rates of job-hopping on local labor  markets were associateed with faster wage growth.