Only if you believe loyalty can only be bought with loyalty.
Companies provide some value for employees that they don't get back from them, and vice versa.
Companies provide some value for employees that they don't get back from them, and vice versa.
Employers can "demand" loyalty, but as you say, it's basically a request. There's no legal basis for it or anything.
I think it's fine to have a culture of loyalty. It probably means you have a pretty good company. Demanding it doesn't work, and if it's not real loyalty, we don't have to be mad about it being one-sided.