Dave Ramsey Paid An Employee With Cancer Her Full Salary For 2 Years While Unable To Work — But Says If You're Disloyal, 'I Will Fire Your Butt'

Dave Ramsey might be known for calling people "stupid" on his show when they make bad money decisions, but behind the scenes, it seems he's anything but heartless. 

In an October interview with Tucker Carlson, the personal finance guru got visibly emotional after Carlson shared what people were saying about him: "No one treats his employees better than Dave Ramsey."

Carlson recalled, "I was having dinner with someone the other night, and your name came up. This person just said, ‘The thing about Dave Ramsey is no one I have ever seen treats his employees better than he does.'" Carlson said he'd heard the same thing from multiple people and "reported it out" just to verify it was true.

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Ramsey didn't just confirm it—he proved it.

"We had one team member that had cancer," Ramsey told Carlson. "They didn't work for two years, and they got paid the entire two years. And now they're back on our team. She made it. She's wonderful. Everybody loves her."

For Ramsey, it wasn't even a question. "There's no way we weren't going to take care of her. She'd been with us 15 years, and she's like a sister," he said.

The financial radio host explained that his company's HR manual isn't packed with legal jargon—it's built on a simple biblical principle: "Treat other people like you'd want to be treated." If an employee is in crisis, Ramsey believes it's his responsibility to step up, especially now that he has the means.

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"In the early days, we didn't have money to do stuff like that," he admitted. "But if we have the money, and we can take care of somebody that needs to be taken care of, we simply do it. Because it's what I'd want somebody to do for my kid or for me if I was in trouble."

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It's an approach that has built more than just goodwill. Ramsey said that kind of loyalty creates a workplace where people stick around—and take care of each other. Some employees mow lawns or cook meals for sick coworkers. Others help new hires move. "Who does that? We do," Ramsey said.

But he was clear: loyalty is a two-way street. "If you're disloyal to leadership, I will fire your butt," he said bluntly. "I'm not going to give you money to run me."

At the end of the day, Ramsey said he doesn't want to look back on his life with regrets about the people he could have helped. "How selfish would it be not to do that?"

For all his tough talk on the air, Ramsey's built a company culture that's heavy on accountability—but even heavier on compassion.

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