OKAY, stop right there: > I don't want this guy's business to crash and burn. That's fine, you don't have to want it to crash and burn. HE clearly wants it to

OKAY, stop right there: > I don't want this guy's business to crash and burn. That's fine, you don't have to want it to crash and burn. HE clearly wants it to crash and burn. While it's your entirely your responsibility for having chosen to stay in such a terrible situation, he's the one who created it in the first place. He's the one who's betting his business on mistreating people. He's the one who's betting his business on mistreating, most importantly, a single person who holds his business together. He could have paid you more. He could have fulfilled his promises. He could have hired other people to make you more dispensible, to hedge his bets, to protect his future. But he didn't. Because he's not a businessman, he's a user. Users don't think "gee maybe I should use THIS guy a little less, to protect myself," they think "WEEEHEE I CAN SQUEEZE A LITTLE MORE OUT OF THIS DUDE FOR NOTHING!" That's simply unwise. It's not your place to worry about whether he goes out of business. It's his plan. It's his mistake. And, after you leave and you've secured your future income, call the IRS on his butt. He is breaking the law and should be punished and switch his business model to something legal. Don't do it out of vengeance, do it out of concern for future schmucks.