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Originally Posted by Rochard
I just assumed you had started at the bottom and worked your way up. Just like my step father, who worked for General Electric for years and then opened up his own shop. That's the American dream.
But you didn't accomplish this on your own now did you? Someone taught you how to run the punch press, right? Somewhere along the line none of this would have been possible without a bank loan, right? How many people have worked for you since you opened up? Ten? Fifty? Two hundred? And the sweat and tears they put into YOUR business, all of the bullshit they put up with... Nah, you did it all by yourself.
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With this logic I suppose I owe Moses a paycheck for guiding me early in life and the second grade teacher who inspired me to enjoy mathematics.
In all seriousness. A company of any size is a group of people. I have never thought anything else. The difference is in the importance of each person in their respective jobs.
At the end of the day,when a recession hits it's not the janitor that has to figure out how to cover a 6 figure weekly payroll. It's not the shipping clerk that goes out and signs the loans, taking all the risks. The big difference is that anyone employed here could leave tomorrow and start a new job. The owner, has everything at stake. It's a difficult concept to describe to people that haven't done it.And often,it's a major league burden to maintain.