Corporate America can absolutely be a cult. I've jumped around a fair bit, but you can always tell who the lifers are. Think the company is their savior, love the CEO even though they only met them once, go to all the functions, it's sad to me. Most of those lifers were making much less than me because I jumped around to bump my salary, they are constantly passed over for promotions because "now just isn't the time", and usually they ignore their home life and never take PTO.