My husband & I own our own business & we finally got rid of our last deadbeat employee about 3 years ago & have never looked back! We got tired of being stolen from, having to cover for them on their numerous sick days, having to wake them up to get back to work & having them give our customers horrible service. We decided if we can't do it ourselves, it just won't get done.
After almost 20 years in business, we will also be closing it in the next 3 years. It gets worse every year for the small business owner.
I used to have employees, then decided I'd rather be smaller and not have the hassel of dealing with employees, never regretted that decision.