And it is in no way bad to understand this. You're not really part of a "family" if you can be furloughed if there's too many of you at the table. Or fired if you make the rest of the family mad. Or have your future membership in the family terminated in bankruptcy.

I remember when Dave Garrett was CEO at Delta. That was the culture then. He was a giant in the industry, and a real innovator with regard to employee relations. That died with the next CEO.

It's understandable to long for those days, but it's not rational to pretend they still exist.

Carl