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Originally Posted by Sliver
I own a small business. If I pay my staff $1, I'm going to want, say $0.25 in my own pocket, which is my profit on their labour. That just sucks. It's exploitive and I have to look these people in the eye everyday.
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I agree with a lot of what you said in that post, but feeling shame about making a profit is just dumb. There's no point in hiring staff if you're not profiting off their labor in some way. It's not like you're using slave labor...your employees get job security and (presumably) a fair wage. And as a business owner, you take on all the risk, the equipment costs, the marital/family costs, the loans, the opportunity cost, the stress....why do all that if there's no monetary incentive?
Don't feel shame for your success. Small businesses are an economic backbone of our economy (they make up something like 98% of businesses in Canada). As long as you are treating people fairly along the way, you should be proud of your success in life.