This article and a lot of the discussion fails to make clear that there is a big difference financially between being a plumber/electrician/hvac tech and owning a plumbing/electrical/hvac business
The whole article is about trades business owners selling for seven figures. When employees are discussed it’s to say they see a 20% pay bump after acquisition but that some owners worry about the fate of the workers post sale. What makes it seem to be conflating owners and non-owners to you?