[justinhj]

Most American's sign an at-will employment contract, meaning the employer can terminate you without reason whenever they want. Given that, why would you give the company any more loyalty than they are giving you? The only reason I can think of is money. i.e a financial incentive is in place for not leaving. In accountancy for example I know a guy who was given 1 year salary for leaving his company. His domain knowledge being so valuable to a competitor it was better to pay him for a year to sit at home than have him work for them.