I mean, I’d heard that this is how the labour market is supposed to work in theory, but I didn’t realise that some CEOs were actually doing it. Corporate America does NOT want you to think about this.
The world’s best airline is paying staff a bonus of 8 months’ salary after record annual net profit of $1.98 billion
Submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to workreform@lemmy.world
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/business/singapore-airlines-staff-bonus-ink-intl/index.html
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davidagain@lemmy.world 5 months ago
BassTurd@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I recently started at a private company that does profit sharing through ESOP. This year to all invested employees, so those more than ~1yr, they contributed around 30% of their annual salary in stock to their retirement. The private stock price rose about 32% from last year as well. On average the stock goes up 20%+ and the contributions have been around 18%. The founder and IG CEO found that companies that have an ESOP grow faster than others, and are happier. It takes 6 years for full investment, but after that, when you leave, they pay out your shares at that stock price, over a few payments I believe.
fluckx@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I bet it helps with employee retention as well.
ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I wasn’t a believer when I started at an ESOP. But looking at my retirement funds after working for 8 years at the company. Then comparing it to friends who were given shares of large public companies and making maybe like 10k over 4 years. Absolutely worth it.
DessertStorms@kbin.social 5 months ago
And this is like tip of the iceberg bare minimum type shit, it's not even suggesting workers own the means of production or anything that radical, all it is is paying employees a more appropriate share of the profits (the company is still making an obscene amount of that profit, and the employees are still under paid for their labour, it's how the pyramid scheme we call capitalism works, but this is proof that even while continuing to roll in billions, other employers don't have to be keeping their employees on poverty wages, they choose to).
Emmie@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Why would workers own the means of production if they didn’t set up the business in the first place? It’s just a hired labour. If you hire someone to do something this doesn’t mean they should suddenly have a part of that thing.
Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Meanwhile, Boeing is cutting safety regulations to squeeze out more profits while their planes are literally falling apart in the sky.
Wogi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Woah careful buddy, don’t criticize too hard or you might off yourself
Jambalaya@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
This is an airline, not a manufacturer? So I don’t really see the connection here.
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Oops, that’s deadly, material right here.
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Happy the employees can share in the surplus. Very rare.
BigMacHole@lemm.ee 5 months ago
This is SOCIALISM!
-Republicans.
recapitated@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not if a business is in control of it
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 months ago
But…but…what about the shareholders?! /s
whyalone@lemm.ee 5 months ago
but, what about those poor shareholders? did they get their 5th yacht? what an abomination to pay extra the people that actually are making money in a company.
dhcmrlchtdj__@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Singapore Airlines
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thank you, fuck these headlines (not the OP, the news outlet