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How would they even know? Assuming they keep quiet about it

by dnissley 4y ago

Scoundreller 4y ago
Yeah, once the employer finds out, they've got enough business to quit.
- fires10 4y ago
  Licensing is different for trade employers vs trade people.
  - Scoundreller 4y ago
    it depends.... sometimes licenses are different between working for yourself vs someone else. Other times your employer can't take on jobs without you and your license present. Then there's insurance differences between self-employed and employed ______ tradesperson.
viraptor 4y ago
Depending on the size of the town / city, it could be trivial. There's ~6 companies doing electrical work in my town. Not only are they commented on / recommended on local social media, they see each other's quotes all the time when people compare prices. If someone started a new business, I suspect they'd all know within days/weeks. From other specialist non-trade business I'm familiar with, people are normally aware of new employees coming to town before they even start working. People talk to each other.
acdha 4y ago
This part: > Get on Yelp, ask his customers to leave good reviews, and build a business. You can’t do a good business without leaving visible traces - permits, customers, suppliers, etc. all provide ways for information to leak. If his employer is exploitative, he has above average odds of correctly fearing retribution and depending on the area that could mean unemployment. It’s not exactly uncommon for companies to discretely agree not to hire certain people.
- mapt 4y ago
  > depending on the area that could mean unemployment This is the key reason why for most jobs, small town America is flyover country, an economically inefficient, exploitative, broken system. Without a large labor & employment market within easy commuting distance, your skills aren't portable if you get fired, and your boss can't readily find a replacement, so most employment relationships end up in a reluctant, often abusive state from one or the other.

How would they even know? Assuming they keep quiet about it

Scoundreller 4y ago

Yeah, once the employer finds out, they've got enough business to quit.

fires10 4y ago
Licensing is different for trade employers vs trade people.
- Scoundreller 4y ago
  it depends.... sometimes licenses are different between working for yourself vs someone else. Other times your employer can't take on jobs without you and your license present. Then there's insurance differences between self-employed and employed ______ tradesperson.

viraptor 4y ago

Depending on the size of the town / city, it could be trivial. There's ~6 companies doing electrical work in my town. Not only are they commented on / recommended on local social media, they see each other's quotes all the time when people compare prices. If someone started a new business, I suspect they'd all know within days/weeks. From other specialist non-trade business I'm familiar with, people are normally aware of new employees coming to town before they even start working. People talk to each other.

acdha 4y ago

This part: > Get on Yelp, ask his customers to leave good reviews, and build a business. You can’t do a good business without leaving visible traces - permits, customers, suppliers, etc. all provide ways for information to leak. If his employer is exploitative, he has above average odds of correctly fearing retribution and depending on the area that could mean unemployment. It’s not exactly uncommon for companies to discretely agree not to hire certain people.

mapt 4y ago
> depending on the area that could mean unemployment This is the key reason why for most jobs, small town America is flyover country, an economically inefficient, exploitative, broken system. Without a large labor & employment market within easy commuting distance, your skills aren't portable if you get fired, and your boss can't readily find a replacement, so most employment relationships end up in a reluctant, often abusive state from one or the other.