I will never understand why people become loyal to their employers. You can be proud of your work, career, without being married to your employer.

This is the inevitable conclusion to a bookstore competing against Amazon, but they still act surprised...

A long history of good things adds up in one's mind. If your employer has benefited you, it's hard to maintain a mentality of pure rational self-interest.

Yep. Some employers are really good to their employees, even if they do layoffs and downsizing. One place I worked had an employee with terminal cancer, in the later stage he told them he'd never be able to come back to work but they kept him on the payroll anyway so he didn't lose his health insurance, right up until the day he died. Doesn't mean they didn't also close unprofitable locations and lay employees off sometimes too.

Businesses are cold-hearted machines, but they are staffed by humans. And sometimes those humans make good decisions.

And until this is not the exception but the rule, we continue to be amazed by stories like this.

Everyone should have knowledge of how their company is doing.

If the numbers aren't good you should expect there to be changes. It's business. Always assume the worst