The advice is acknowledging the reality that employees can always leave whether for other job opportunities or family reasons or just because. As a business owner, you need to plan for that reality. Having the expectation that your employees will never leave you for other things is unrealistic and unhealthy.
The employer makes it clear that the employee does a great job. The only complaint the business owner seems to have is that the employee isn't in a desperate financial situation and thus has control over her life decisions.
"The only complaint the business owner seems to have is that the employee isn't in a desperate financial situation and thus has control over her life decisions."
The advice is acknowledging the reality that employees can always leave whether for other job opportunities or family reasons or just because. As a business owner, you need to plan for that reality. Having the expectation that your employees will never leave you for other things is unrealistic and unhealthy.
The employer makes it clear that the employee does a great job. The only complaint the business owner seems to have is that the employee isn't in a desperate financial situation and thus has control over her life decisions.