We could go all the way down the list, parent-unfriendly, sexist, agists etcetera, but it's way simpler to describe SV culture as what it is: an immature frat boy culture. Amplified by the lack of government regulation in the US in general.
When it comes right down to what really matters, when you see through all the fancy "perks", what remains is a business culture that is not just immature, but downright conservative to the point of being reactionary.
I mean, what kind of 21st century Western company that employs highly educated middle class people doesn't facilitate parenthood?
"I mean, what kind of 21st century Western company that employs highly educated middle class people doesn't facilitate parenthood?"
Ones that are in do-or-die mode. You know, facebook, amazon, google, etc? All these companies could be irrelevant 10 years from now and they know it.
It's war out there for these folks. Facilitating parenthood is the government's job, not the employer's. The employer who's out to create wants young and ambitious, managed by older and wiser.
Think of the NFL - the land of concussions and wrecked super-athletes. Who facilitates the strongest and most athletic to mindlessly hurt themselves in exchange for some drunk fans' entertainment? The culture we're living in :)
Sacrificing the young and the brave in the name of pretty shallow returns is quite common. All we're seeing is the mental athletes getting their social-life concussed. They oftentimes don't know what they're missing to be honest, they're not terribly social to begin with.
Besides, they can retire to a sane company anytime and build up their life outside of work - you can't say the same for somebody who almost made it to the NFL, screwed up his knee and is now working god knows where.
> When it comes right down to what really matters, when you see through all the fancy "perks", what remains is a business culture that is not just immature, but downright conservative to the point of being reactionary.
You're kidding, right? Health care and defense industry in the US are incredibly economically unprodictive (in the technical economic sense). Finance has similar work ethic/hours as tech.
You make it sound like they have some kind of moral objection to parenting. I'm very certain it's motivated by fiscal conservatism nearly all the time. To answer your question: ones that don't have a lot of money to dole out to parents/soon-to-be parents.
When it comes right down to what really matters, when you see through all the fancy "perks", what remains is a business culture that is not just immature, but downright conservative to the point of being reactionary.
I mean, what kind of 21st century Western company that employs highly educated middle class people doesn't facilitate parenthood?