updated 1y ago
How private equity is destroying the labors of love
- Healthcare workers are inherently altruistic and self-sacrificing, and business exploits these traits by pushing clinicians to the edge of exhaustion.
from Opinion | The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Doctors and Nurses (Published 2019) by New York Times
Emily Silverman, MD added
- "Hi, would you rather work with a company that's owned by some private equity schmuck, or a company where some of the prosperity you helped me generate gets reinvested in you and your community?" It's a competitive advantage to do the right thing. So I feel like that we're going to have a new wave of founders who take that seriously, who are going ... See more
from Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)
Britt Gage added