I guess they choose someone who's been working with the company? I wonder if they have to be an orphan or if they just explain that to their parents.
"Mom, Dad, I'm leaving you for a company"
@mialinay, I think it's the latter. It used to also happen in XIXth century France, I remember being shocked af when I read one of the children books from the Comtesse de Ségur and this exact thing happened. The parents were just "jolly good news, allow us to cry on the rich man's feet and say him how perfect he is".
"Mom, Dad, I'm leaving you for a company"