I see a lot of posts on Reddit about bad managers, but it is always from a sub called r/antiwork. Makes me wonder what the real story was.

I own a business that employs 30 people and genuinely believe that I work for my employees and not the other way around.

Yes, I have the “power” to end their employment. Really that power is just responsibility.

I have a responsibility and burden of sometimes making unpopular decisions for the betterment of the company so that my people can prosper. I am nothing without them, I own nothing without them, I make nothing without them.

Last year I was the 3rd highest paid person in the company. That doesn’t happen every year, but those people worked their asses off and 100% deserved to make more than me. All the business profits were re-invested.

Watching my people flourish is worth more to me than more money. This mindset has turned the business into a magical machine that you put a quarter in and get a dollar back from.