(April 15, 2015 at 7:31 am)alpha male Wrote:(April 14, 2015 at 11:31 am)Brian37 Wrote: Stop defending big business. I hate that shit. Business owners would not be rich without the workers.And workers would not have jobs without business owners.
My boss (the owner) bills clients $200 for an hour of my work. I get $80 of that. Of the $120 difference, about half goes to overhead, and half goes to making him rich. And why shouldn't it? He has to go to all the trouble of finding clients and keeping the business running. He goes on vacation and still thinks constantly about his business, and ends up answering emails a couple hours a day anyway. OTOH, when I leave for the weekend, I leave completely.
Oh boo hoo. Don't care. No one is talking about a boss not making more. But please don't expect me to cry for someone who is lucky enough to be in the position of owning a business. He still is not the entire workforce and DOES NOT do the bulk of the work. Business owners are ultimately bean counters and Quarterbacks, but if they are ethical they recognize they are still one part of that team.
If you cant afford to pay livable wages for your workers then maybe you shouldn't be in business.