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In reply to the discussion: One Quarter of Americans Don't Get Paid Days Off [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)but IME, the mom and pops that don't treat their employees well often end up not having a business at all, especially in a small town. Most see the big picture pretty quickly when they screw up and treat employees like crap (not all, but a good portion) whereas a large company often has employees that are so specialized they don't see the results of their decisions, or they don't see the causal relationship.
There are some larger 'mom & pops' where the owners tend to own everything in the entire town, and those are the worst for mistreating the employees - a lot of them are the only employer in town and they treat all their employees like crap because where are they going to go? One town I lived in was like that - one family owned everything. Those places are every bit as bad as large corps.