I work in an office where we started with 3 witnesses about 20 years ago, work at - not own it. 2 more got hired through the years. Of the 3 original, 2 of us were DF'D and the other just slowly stopped going. The two JW's that were left, one was hired to a position of authority - he is an elder and treated the 2 of us that are DF'd like crap. Short answers, wouldn't answer are work related requests, ignored us if we said good morning to him. We never said anything to anyone. But our president was watching for months. He pulled the 3 of us into his office one day and told him: '...you're treating two of my best employees like s---. They have been here 20 years and everyone loves them - but you treat them different. I know they are not in your church anymore - but if this is the way you are going to continue to treat them, you need to tender your resignation.'
That was 2 years ago. He's still at our company, he actually smiles and says good morning now. Bottom line is, he should have quit knowing how much contact he needs to have with us (according to their rules), but he stayed because he knows how good he has it. If you're a good owner - and they are sensible - they will stay.