PE Roll-Ups in Home Services Seen as Industry-Wide Trend

A commenter observes that private equity's move into the service industry, including HVAC, is a broad trend following the extraction of value from manufacturing. They describe PE firms as 'vampires' that prioritize investor returns over workers and customers.

“It’s in every industry almost every industry. These fuckers couldn’t squeeze any more out of manufacturing(after shipping jobs to the lowest bidder), so now they’re diving in to the service industry (including medical/veterinary).”

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