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Re:Employers are monitoring computers, toilet breaks, even e... by pmoriarty on Monday May 14, 2018 @10:15PM (#17071119)
And yet another alternative to consider: employee-owned and run corporations.
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Re:Employers are monitoring computers, toilet breaks, even e... by danieltillett on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:17AM (#17072431)
Pity they can't compete with capitalist owned and run corporations. I would love for them to work, but they all seem to end up failing [0].

0. Yes I know there are the odd exceptions, but these are so rare they almost prove the point.

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Re:Employers are monitoring computers, toilet breaks, even e... by meheleventyone on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:47AM (#17072548)
Isn't the question whether or not they fail at a higher rate than more traditional corporations? For example many fewer employee owned companies started is going to make the successful look exceptional even if they are more likely to succeed.
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Re:Employers are monitoring computers, toilet breaks, even e... by danieltillett on Thursday May 17, 2018 @07:38AM (#17090439)
If fewer employee owned companies are started it just means the failure is upfront.
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Re:Employers are monitoring computers, toilet breaks, even e... by meheleventyone on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:24PM (#17104232)
If you want to know relatively which does better you need to compare success in each population.

There are a lot of confounding factors in why different types of companies are founded. Saying that less employee owned companies are started is evidence of failure is at best a very shaky understanding of how to look at the business landscape.

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