>Unless all along he really was paying below market for the work his employees are doing. Given that, as the article says, one actually complained to him about

>Unless all along he really was paying below market for the work his employees are doing. Given that, as the article says, one actually complained to him about being ripped off on his salary, I'd say this was the case. I agree with everything else you said. If an employer can afford to pay employees $70K and isn't coerced into doing so, more power to them. Such a salary isn't sustainable in all business. Market rate is most certainly not $70k/year to bag groceries.