What you described is seen all over small towns here in the South. So many of my peers think that their employees owe them something. As a tradesman, I hear t

What you described is seen all over small towns here in the South. So many of my peers think that their employees owe them something. As a tradesman, I hear the same thing from so many of my peers in the real estate repair/building industry. What most of them don't realize is that they are actually successful exploiters of labor rather than successful business people. I judge a company by how well they treat the lowest man on the totem pole. All around me you'll find small business owners who send their kids to private school, their wives drive fully loaded Yukons/Tahoes, they have lake homes and boats, they have healthcare, they take multiple vacations per year, etc. Yet not a single one of their employees can enjoy a single one of those amenities. So you effectively have 15-20 skilled tradesmen working full time to support the lifestyle of one family. When you have all of that, but your employees have none of it, you're exploiting their labor.