[nick__m]

The title could be generalized to "Private equity firms ruins companies"

[gosub100]

I haven't been to the dentist in 4 years and I'm hell-bent on finding one that is not part of PE or any type of corporate ownership. I'm prepared to drive to rural areas or hours away because I will not trust that their incentives are aligned with mine.

[antonyt]

Is there an easy way to discover whether or not a given business is owned by PE?

[cushpush]

Can you contact ownership? If not, then yes.

[TheAdamist]

Tech seems to accelerate the decline though, without the inertia of physical stores or plants to slow things down.

[bigiain]

Some of their argument:

" ... owners focus on aggressive cost-cutting and “streamlining” operations to boost short-term profitability. This is extremely destructive, leading to mass layoffs, reduced benefits, and wholesale outsourcing. "

could just as easily be used to claim "tech companies ruin tech companies."

[red-iron-pine]

Paul Virilio has been saying that for years