Maybe if they survive the latest corporate downsizing there might be more opportunities for advancement. Maybe if a brother or sister's marriage fails, the parents might mot be quite so critical of their own spouse. A nearby failure always takes the spotlight off yourself for a while. I t's funny how one person's misfortune almost always creates an opportunity for someone else. Roofers and auto body shops love hailstorms.
Lawyers love a good divorce.
And funeral directors look forward to your loved one's demise. Everyone seems quite comfortable with this bankrupcy. After all, the equipment will go somewhere and be used again. Most of the employees will eventually get new jobs. And of course the assumption is that the former clients of this facility like myself will migrate to the handful of still solvent studio owners sitting in the folding chairs.