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> Companies and employers do not and have never cared for employees personally. They can not. Being an employer (small medical business, 10ppl), I can tell you

> Companies and employers do not and have never cared for employees personally. They can not. Being an employer (small medical business, 10ppl), I can tell you that one of two things must be true: Either I am delusional or you are at least in part wrong. 1. I care a lot more about employees than they care about the company, or me (of course not in total, probably). I don't find this surprising, but you seem to think that it is not true. 2. The amount of time I personally spent thinking about personal issues of employees (in addition to their professional issues) far exceeds the time I spend thinking about my own personal issues. That's not by choice, really. It's just that people have stuff and when you do something for 8 hours a day, a lot of your stuff impacts that. Again, not surprising to me, but it is something I care about. 3. I spent way more time thinking about using/abusing my own power and responsibilities, than I am certain any of my employees does about using/abusing theirs. For example, while I have yet to fire anyone, people quitting their job is fairly normal. But neither is to me. Both of these options are stuff I do lose sleep over. You might argue that that's just part of the job, but idk what special sauce people dream "CEOs" are made of. I care about other humans, from what I can tell more than average (I attribute that, again, not to being special but because there is a lot of surface area), and the people I work with are no exemption. I don't think any of the above is unique to me in any way.

singlepaynews 2y ago
> Being an employer (small medical business, 10ppl) This may not be an edge case in terms of # of employers that fit your description, but is very likely an edge case in terms of # of employees with an employer that fits your description. You’re the exception that proves the rule. ————— Edit: Looking into it more, the margin is closer than I assumed; ~half of employees work for a “small business”, that term meaning <500 employees (1). Of those, ~80% are for a “small business” with <10 employees (2). 1: https://advocacy.sba.gov/2023/03/07/frequently-asked-questions-about-small-business-2023/#:~:text=Most%20businesses%20are%20small%2D%2099.9,46.4%25%20of%20private%20sector%20employees https://advocacy.sba.gov/2023/03/07/frequently-asked-questio.... 2: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/22/a-look-at-small-businesses-in-the-us/#:~:text=Despite%20their%20name%2C%20small%20businesses,private%20sector%20employment%20(46%25) https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/22/a-look-at.... So you’re representing the majority of half the employment marketplace. That said I’d still argue that conversations about labor relations are focused on the subset of companies with many hundreds, thousands, and/or hundreds of thousands of employees. ————— Interestingly, the majority of small business revenue is generated by the extreme minority of small businesses—per (2), the “small businesses” with >50 employees (so, 50<employees<500) represent just 3.3% of “small businesses”, but generate 53% of the revenue among all “small businesses”
- jstummbillig 2y ago
  Interesting. Thanks for taking the time and sharing!

singlepaynews 2y ago

> Being an employer (small medical business, 10ppl) This may not be an edge case in terms of # of employers that fit your description, but is very likely an edge case in terms of # of employees with an employer that fits your description. You’re the exception that proves the rule. ————— Edit: Looking into it more, the margin is closer than I assumed; ~half of employees work for a “small business”, that term meaning <500 employees (1). Of those, ~80% are for a “small business” with <10 employees (2). 1: https://advocacy.sba.gov/2023/03/07/frequently-asked-questions-about-small-business-2023/#:~:text=Most%20businesses%20are%20small%2D%2099.9,46.4%25%20of%20private%20sector%20employees https://advocacy.sba.gov/2023/03/07/frequently-asked-questio.... 2: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/22/a-look-at-small-businesses-in-the-us/#:~:text=Despite%20their%20name%2C%20small%20businesses,private%20sector%20employment%20(46%25) https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/22/a-look-at.... So you’re representing the majority of half the employment marketplace. That said I’d still argue that conversations about labor relations are focused on the subset of companies with many hundreds, thousands, and/or hundreds of thousands of employees. ————— Interestingly, the majority of small business revenue is generated by the extreme minority of small businesses—per (2), the “small businesses” with >50 employees (so, 50<employees<500) represent just 3.3% of “small businesses”, but generate 53% of the revenue among all “small businesses”

jstummbillig 2y ago
Interesting. Thanks for taking the time and sharing!