• Yondoza@sh.itjust.works
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      13 days ago

      I disagree, I think if you provide ownership of the company as part of compensation you can pay people to care. No big companies do this, but I think they could!

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        There’s plenty of companies with stock options as part of the compensation package. They’re always just a bone thrown in. They absolutely do not want employees to be able to effectively do a hostile takeover of their own company and set it up as some kind of commie worker cooperative.

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          I’ve changed my mind and I’d like to disagree with my previous statement. You can’t pay people to care.

          Very good point. I worked for an employee owned company and I hated the work, but loved the atmosphere. There really was this sense of everyone there working together to make everyone better. I don’t think stock options can provide the same atmosphere, the employees need to have agency around leadership choices as well as the compensation that comes with it.

      • MinusPi (she/they)@pawb.social
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        In that case, they then care primarily about the success of the company. The quality of the product is secondary as long as it sells.