The last place I worked at sent an email of "congratulations" to the staff for a new annual profit record, and instituted a pay freeze later in the same month because they were trying and eventually did sell to a publically traded company and low payroll looks better in the sale, that proceeded to fire everyone because they were only interested in killing local competition in the market.
Workers working too hard for the owner literally cost us our jobs.
The owners have no bravery and take no risks that labor doesn't bear the biggest brunt of. This entire economy is a scam that stands on pillars of lies/propaganda.
Side note, who the fuck celebrates their employer making record profits if they aren't in a super rare in the US cooperative or generous stock dispersment program? The whole point of employment is to provide the least labor for the most reward while they try to get the most labor for the least reward, record profits means I'm working too hard for them.
AdaptHealth was the national conglomerate that swalllowed us and a hundred other local homecare/dme providers for overt competition slaughter btw. Their whole goal was/is to enshittify home healthcare/dme for private profit, and the original ceo had to step down because he committed tax evasion in a European country that actually gives a shit. If they're in charge of your grandmother's homecare/dme, say your goodbyes to grandma and make sure they didn't triple bill.
Oh puh-lease!
Employees don't risk anything except their career, livelihoods, and homes.
Investors take enormous risks, like a small amount of their vast wealth, and maybe even risk losing a controlling interest in the board. If they really fuck up, they might even risk not being allowed to be a CEO again for a few years.
But go on, try to convince me again that employees deserve a bigger share...
The shareholders could go poor while labor gets all the money and I still won't be happy. The shareholders have more power than the workers. Fixing wealth doesn't magically summon democracy and fix power imbalances.
Power imbalance is the sickness, wealth inequality is a symptom.
All companies need to be owned by their workers.
Last month we had our AGM where they announced record profits, like our company has literally never done better. Just in the difference in profits from last year they could give every employee in the company a $15k bonus.
Then a week later we had a department meeting where they announced 6 people being made redundant as part of a larger wave of lay-off to "keep the company competitive in a challenging market"
Still mad that a coworker got fired because a different, unrelated department lost a sale. Sales keeps their bonuses but socialized their loss. Fuck them.
We have awarded ourselves a round of bonuses to reflect how well we've navigated these layoffs.
The only risk management takes is becoming labor
Set up a co-op then.
Only hire people that invest.
