PE-Backed Operators Use High-Pressure Sales and Cut Technician Pay

PE-backed operators often install high-pressure sales tactics with no incentive to repair or maintain equipment, cut technician pay after acquisition, and manage local businesses remotely, damaging reputations.

“PE-backed operators often installed high-pressure sales tactics with no real incentive to repair or maintain equipment, cut technician pay after acquisition, and tried to run genuinely local, people-facing service businesses from a distance.”

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