Disagree, akuperma.
What Avi K said still stands (Thank you Avi K). “Shloma shel malchus” is still of great benefit to us.
There is surely nothing wrong with putting in a good word for one’s employees when davening, first out of hakaras hatov, as we benefit from their service, and selfishly, as a request that we should be matzliach in getting the service we are paying for.
And I can’t speak for anyone else, but when I daven I’m not concerned with sounding unamerican. As long as I don’t sound unjewish, I think I’m okay.