Mike Andes argues that employees will never care as much as business owners because employees receive paychecks and no equity, while owners bear near-total financial risk ("100% commission"). He emphasizes that most small businesses fail or underperform—leaving owners with little income and long-term financial strain—whereas employees can more easily find other jobs.
Employees will never care as much as you, and they shouldn't. Honestly, they have no equity and they get a paycheck. The business owner is basically on 100% commissions only, which means that yes, if things go great, they will probably get rich. But 90% of small businesses don't go great and the owner ends up making nothing. The employee will simply get another job, but the business owner will struggle to find a source of income and will probably spend the next seven years trying to work their way out of bankruptcy. So yes, you have more to lose and therefore you care a lot more than an employee would.
