[cableshaft]

Company "families" can be cut at any moment in a state with at will employment also (and they absolutely will lay you off too). They just gaslight you into thinking it won't happen so that you'll stay loyal as long as they do want you to stay.

[SirMaster]

Sure, they can. But there are actually good family companies out there that deeply care about their employees.

Not saying they are common, but they do exist.

Just an example. My dad who works for a small construction company as a steel detailer, when all the construction work was put on hold during covid, the company told the employees to go out and find places looking for volunteer workers, and the company would pay them their normal salary to do the volunteer work.

They have shown time and time again through the years (and he's been with them basically his whole professional life) that they do everything they can to help their employees.

[camhart]

> But there are actually good family companies out there that deeply care about their employees.

Doing what's best for the company long term is generally what's best for employees in the long term. Sometimes layoffs are what's best. Companies that deeply care about their employees will still have layoffs.