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by bruce511 900 days ago
You cant "have" people.

Yes, today a bunch of highly skilled, highly trained people happen to work for you.

Tomorrow those same people get hired by your customers, strike out on their own, or join the competition.

All the points you raise are true. But the company doesn't "own" the people, it can only exploit them for as long as they hang around.