Posted by alexandra_k on December 3, 2005, at 16:15:26
In reply to Re: just one more... » AuntieMel, posted by Dinah on December 2, 2005, at 12:15:18
> if small businesses were going under in New Orleans, that it was because they weren't well enough run, and that better ones would come take their place.
hmm. does he mean the big businesses will branch out to take their place :-(
> I am seeing small businesses fail daily here. Assets under water for so long, no cash inflow, lots of expenses, exorbitant wages to get untrained workers because of the housing shortage. The old workers left, and haven't and can't return. Ours is a small business. Of our employees without blood ties to the owners, only half returned to the city. Homes destroyed, spousal jobs lost, schools closed.
yeah. must be hard depending on what kind of business it is too... i bet the 'market' will have changed a lot in New Orleans... With respect to what people want / need to spend money on right now...
> But even in the best times, well... I know that most people see opening a small business as a path to freedom.
Hmm. Work hard and you will be rewarded? Yeah. Hard work... And hope...
>But I sort of see it as admitting you'll be the only one who isn't guaranteed a pay check for the work you've done. There have been times when my bosses didn't get paid. But I and my fellow employees always did.
maybe that tends to be...
a small business ethic
(apologies if i am making a overgeneralisation / assumption)> I wish more could be done for them. It saddens me so to see one after another struggle for air before going under.
:-(
yeah.
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