I think that when any kind of business fails, many people may not have any other choice but to hire people in order to manage and run the business. They could at least monitor the financial conditions of the business in order to prevent people from taking advantages.
Any kind of business that have been neglected for a long time is definitely going to suffer in a very drastic way that might eventually result in the business to fail completely. It is the reason why whenever you are running a business, you should always be involved in the business all the time even if you are not getting the results you are expecting.