Originally Posted by
Dexta
With all this talk of awards for employees, all the legal protection for employees, unions, government assistance etc. etc. yet there are a lot of cases of the business owner/employer who works 70 hour weeks, do not get annual leave pay or sick pay or superannuation payments and risk the loss of the houses and other assets if things go wrong and earn less than minimum wage, can't get a personal loan because they are self employed etc. etc.
Personally, I've never bumped into an aircraft business owner who works 70 hours a week, never has a holiday and brings home less than minimal wage.
I imagine that could happen as a company is going under, but surely wouldn't run in this manner year in year out.