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There are a number of companies that are structured so that employees are effectively shareholders.
by Retra 10y ago
There are a number of companies that are structured so that employees are effectively shareholders.
- dredmorbius 10y agoAny specifically in the software space? Operating at scale? I've looked into cooperative business organisations in the past. From my recollections, these typically fall into a few classifications: 1. Political parties. Often themselves strongly aligned with cooperative or anarchist principles. 2. Labour unions. In some cases. 3. A few creatives collaborations, but with pretty loose integration. Artists, performers, or writers organisations. 4. Food-based businesses, typically smaller tea or coffee houses, or co-op food stores. 5. Mondragon Corporation. Pretty much an only-one-in-class, of an industrial cooperative. Also almost everyone's default example. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation 6. Producer co-ops. Often in agriculture, though others exist. Blue Diamond Almonds, and, previously, both Visa and MasterCard (the latter have both since reorganised as for-profit joint-stock companies). I don't know of any business organisations that perform software or consulting services on a cooperative basis, though of course, the entire Free Software movement is a non-business organisation of such work. Of course, I DDG on posting and immediately find: http://www.software.coop/info/ http://www.software.coop/info/ Though I'd argue that the fact I'd never heard of this group and their size somewhat emphasises my point.
- khuey 10y agoPublix is another notable one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publix
- dredmorbius 10y agoThat's a supermarket. I'm looking for tech examples.