re: Are all small business terrible to work for?

I worked for a small business in NC after college. It was a nightmare. The owner was a lunatic who tried to micromanage every dept. and would fly off the handle at the smallest thing. They were all into how "professional" they were, but in actuality were anything but. The owner saw something like 50% growth in his first 5 years of operation and expected that trend to continue 15 years later. He set unrealistics goals and flipped out when they were not met. He witheld all raises one year b/c he wasn't making any money. I had a manager tell me the guy was nuts b/c he was making a considerable profit, just not as much as he wanted. Apparently the owner got extremely greedy. Couldn't keep any good help either and had to start hiring temps. Eventually even the temp agency refused to send anyone b/c of conditions at that office. I lasted about 5 months there, but it was crazy. I'll never work for an owner again. Give me a corp with managers anyday.