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What prevents employees from buying shares today?
by anonuser123456 7y ago
What prevents employees from buying shares today?
- Miner49er 7y agoI don't think it's possible. If a company's market cap is low enough that its employees can afford to buy all the shares with their salaries I think that would be a significantly failing business.
- akvadrako 7y agoEmployees can join worker-owned coops if they want to own the companies they work for. There are a few successful companies like this. Most employees just don't seem to want that. Maybe because it's more risk.
- morvita 7y agoMoney? Opportunity? How many employees (even high earning employees like engineers) are actually in a position to purchase enough shares to make a difference? Even for most "publicly owned" companies the vast majority of shares are held by a small number of investors who aren't giving up their control and power.