While it's true he's saying that founders can create a lot of value without employees, he's certainly not suggesting employees don't also create value. Obviously they do, or founders wouldn't hire anyone.

> if you have employees, you have to share your profits with your employees

Needless to say, this already happens via equity and options. There's a reasonable debate to be had over what constitutes "fair" profit-sharing. But the market clears where it clears, and individual tech employees definitely have meaningful leverage even under current macro conditions.