Re:No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We're Swit...
by barchar on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @02:26AM
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1. They don't have to
2. If employees want to be exposed to excess profit (and loss) they can buy shares like everyone else. (Not a super strong argument tbh)
3. It's impossible to measure how much any given employee/department really contributed and they don't want to create a culture of chasing fat bonus checks.
4. To some extent they do tend to. Profit sharing plans and ESOPs aren't that uncommon
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Re:No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We're Swit...
by matwood on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @05:57AM
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> 2. If employees want to be exposed to excess profit (and loss)
It's funny that people tell me they want this because they'll see some of the sales outliers. But then I explain that 1/2 or more of their salary will be dependent on some type of performance metric and most clam up.