I run a small business (retail shop). I also have a totally unrelated job that pays well. My small business is just for fun. I make no profit from my small business and have “invested” $100k of my own money to get it started 10 years ago. I don’t expect to get that money back out of it. — I have 2 full-time employees and 2 half-time employees. I’ve told my 2 FT employees that they can set their own salary/pay-rate, but it’s their job to make sure the company stays in the black. Is this an appropriate thing to do?