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Who would want to be married with their company? You are finding dysfunction where there is none. Imagine expecting the employee or company to have the other party for better or for worse, till death do them apart. Talk about dysfunction!

But I am talking about loyalty.

Marriage was just an example that points out the absurd nature of the "loyalty" the user described.

You can't say "well, I am loyal as long as I don't have any other options"... that's not how loyalty works.

Damn that's crazy, almost like they're completely different and applying the features of one to the other is apples and oranges. ;)

The difference between employment relationships and marriage is rather large.

You should be looking at employment as a contract, and marriage (and other personal relationships) as a covenant. If you apply tit-for-tat with your spouse, at least one of you will end dissatisfied and hurt.

The divorce rate would suggest it isn't that large.

Historically, marriages often were almost transactional arrangements of convenience.

I'd say that also reflects my experience with dating.