asked for a raise (im the only employee at a small cosmetics company. i handle the manufacturing, labeling, packing, and shipping, as well as keeping up inventory and keeping the place in order. basically everything) and my boss responds by trying to gaslight me, pulling this “we’re a small business 🥺” bullshit
he just bought a 60,000 dollar car and is taking his second vacation of the year next week
he keeps trying to hold “a week of personal time” i had to go on strike by myself to earn, “paid winter break” etc over my head. all shit that the government forces you to give your employees in every other country on the planet. america is a shit hole with no workers rights and it allows the parasitic small business tyrant class feel like they’re doing something good by offering the bare minimum. literally “i treat my slaves nicely” shit
sorry yall just wanted to rant. fuck america and work under capitalism
I would try to find a friend and start a co-op, to lessen the burden. Or if you know the start up capital costs, go to a bank and get a business loan. You can literally explain that you know the entire business and that will allow them to get their beaks wet on something that has already been proven to be a profitable enterprise, they love that kind of backdoor bullshit. The only thing stopping it is if they own a patent or copyright in the actual product.