> Being an employer (small medical business, 10ppl)
This may not be an edge case in terms of # of employers that fit your description, but is very likely an edge case in terms of # of employees with an employer that fits your description.
You’re the exception that proves the rule.
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Edit: Looking into it more, the margin is closer than I assumed; ~half of employees work for a “small business”, that term meaning <500 employees (1). Of those, ~80% are for a “small business” with <10 employees (2).
So you’re representing the majority of half the employment marketplace. That said I’d still argue that conversations about labor relations are focused on the subset of companies with many hundreds, thousands, and/or hundreds of thousands of employees.
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Interestingly, the majority of small business revenue is generated by the extreme minority of small businesses—per (2), the “small businesses” with >50 employees (so, 50<employees<500) represent just 3.3% of “small businesses”, but generate 53% of the revenue among all “small businesses”
This may not be an edge case in terms of # of employers that fit your description, but is very likely an edge case in terms of # of employees with an employer that fits your description.
You’re the exception that proves the rule.
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Edit: Looking into it more, the margin is closer than I assumed; ~half of employees work for a “small business”, that term meaning <500 employees (1). Of those, ~80% are for a “small business” with <10 employees (2).
1: https://advocacy.sba.gov/2023/03/07/frequently-asked-questio....
2: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/22/a-look-at....
So you’re representing the majority of half the employment marketplace. That said I’d still argue that conversations about labor relations are focused on the subset of companies with many hundreds, thousands, and/or hundreds of thousands of employees.
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Interestingly, the majority of small business revenue is generated by the extreme minority of small businesses—per (2), the “small businesses” with >50 employees (so, 50<employees<500) represent just 3.3% of “small businesses”, but generate 53% of the revenue among all “small businesses”