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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3604188" data-attributes="member: 9374">We did accept PPP funds to keep the doors open, but at the same time, the business OWNERS took a YUUUUGE pay cut (50%+ for some) in order to keep employees on the job and not a single one of our 40 employees lost a single day's wages during the pandemic due to that. They spent most of their time playing on their phones on Facebook for at least a couple of months, but they don't remember that part - they remember the people who got to sit at home on unemployment making more money than they did - and complained loudly about it.As one of the ones who took the pay cut, that did irritate me a good bit.It's always a tradeoff in trying to retain good employees - we're losing a couple next week to higher salaries elsewhere. I broached the topic of raising base salaries again, which we did 2 years ago. I was outvoted and told that our base salaries right now are competitive with our peers. So it seems.It's a constant battle. I don't want to take further paycuts, no, but I want to take care of my employees, too.And I got notification that our Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan will not be available next year. Which means we will be shopping for another one - and you can bet it isn't going to be a better one, we've changed every year with benefits going down each time. This year I have an almost $8,000 deductible personally, almost $16,000 for the family, not to mention the monthly premiums.Plenty of small business owners out there want to take care of their employees. They also want to keep their businesses afloat and viable, AND be able to support their own families and have some kind of recompense for the expense and risk of being a business owner.</blockquote>

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