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    • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
      262·
      2 years ago

      The world is full of tech companies that pay stock options/etc, if that’s how you want to be paid then you can do that.

      Personally I have no interest in that at all and have always turned it down. If I’m going to own shares in a company, then I want voting rights. Nothing worse than watching investment be run by someone you disagree with… actually there is something worse. A company where every single employee has control/voting rights. That would be a complete disaster.

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          2 years ago

          Yeah they go really well. Like you probably use some and don’t realize it. One of my local gas station chains is one

      • psud@lemmy.worldEnglish
        163·
        2 years ago

        It sucks that they’re down voting you for being correct in your top comment, though I think I agree with the down votes for your characterisation of worker controlled enterprises as “a complete disaster”. They actually work well

      • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        A company where every single employee has control/voting rights. That would be a complete disaster.

        Oh no, not co-ops! They give the people, who actually create the products and know how they work, voting rights on the companies direction? So dumb. Everyone knows its best to have a business person, whose sole focus is the stock market and shareholders, controlling the direction of every company.

        /s in case it wasn’t glaringly obvious.