GUIDE
Selling a business with employees
Who is told, when, and what a buyer is actually hiring.
Confidential does not mean the staff is irrelevant
You can keep a sale quiet while you look at a range. You cannot pretend the employees are not part of what a buyer is buying, especially if a few people hold the customer relationships.
Public pages here do not name your company. Who you tell inside the company is a management decision, not a form field.
A buyer will ask who stays
Key people, tenure, and whether anyone is related to you belong in the confidential conversation. A sale that assumes everyone stays, with no conversation, is a hope.
This page is not employment legal advice. Questions about notice, contracts, or benefits belong with an independent professional.
Questions
Must I tell employees before I submit the form?
No. The preliminary form is confidential.
What if a manager is the only person who can run a shift?
Say so. That fact changes the price and the training period a buyer will ask for.