[imechura]

May I please add a comment from outside the bubble? It does not have to be this way. My current employer is a low cost travel company, we are celebrating our 43rd anniversary as a company. In these 43 years not a single person has been laid off. Not one janitor, not one programmer, not one reservations agent.

We do not have a planetarium. We do not have a movie theater. We do not offer free food to our employees every day. We do not as a policy, pay for our employees' day care. We do not implement the latest and greatest technologies on a whim because we think they are cool.

We do offer one of the best, IMO, health care plans in the industry. We do respect our employees, vendors and co-workers. We do offer generous retirements benefits. We do work very hard to use technology to solve problems that are as or more difficult than your favorite silicon valley startup. We do take into account the ability to sustain every single employee for the next 20 years into every decision we make. We do treat every employee like they are a member of our family and will continue to for the next 43 years.

Consider all of the above when you are looking for a new job or starting a new company.

[stormbrew]

Is it a family business (or a sole proprietership run by a family man that's likely to inherit the company to his kids)? This kind of thing usually falls apart in those at a generation boundary. Sometimes kids don't see the business the same way their parents do.

[krainboltgreene]

David Brady isn't in any bubble, he lives in the middle of America.

[sliverstorm]

Your parent may be talking about the metaphorical bubble of the tech industry.