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
yeah they make bank because the product has low cost to produce and a high profit plus only one employee (my dumb ass) facilitating every step of the process
Why not just quit and work for yourself doing the same thing and make all that money for yourself?
the initial investment it would take prevents me
i know the formula and the manufacturing process- which we’re the only company with this process. i could use basic kitchen equipment to replicate the product but its the initial cost of the ingredients. if i could afford that initial cost, assuming i could actually sell the product it would become profitable very fast tho
there are small business loans that are usually cheap govt backed programs