Musing For Today

Why, when companies, businesses, and government agencies hire individuals for higher positions (such as managers) they never seem to hire single people.  It's always someone who's married.

And married people always, somehow, manage to have "family issues" or a spouse or offspring with some kind of medical or mental health issue that necessitates a need for frequent "time off"

...which makes getting in touch with whoever's "in charge" often quite difficult-to-impossible.  Hence, when a critical issue needs to be resolved it can be quite frustrating and stressful.

Wouldn't it make more sense to hire someone who's single for the positions with more authority and/or oversight?  Theoretically speaking, wouldn't someone with little or no ties be more freed up to be better able to focus more on their job and also be more readily available?