Seyedian, who voluntarily closed his business, even though cleaning services are deemed essential, to protect his own employees — and was paying their health care premiums from his own savings before his PPP loan came through — said competitors in his local market remained open and are “gobbling up” market share now.
“This job is not safe and I can’t send them back out. … I know them and I cannot say go gamble with your life. This job is not worth dying for,” Seyedian said.