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Not to go full communist, but why not have a third of the board being employees representatives? In Germany its union leaders (which is imho the worst solution,
by orwin 3y ago
Not to go full communist, but why not have a third of the board being employees representatives? In Germany its union leaders (which is imho the worst solution, but in Germany, it make sense), and i don't know how northern europe works, but i guess its similar. Its not enough to be a controlling part on its own, but they can still leverage their influence to steer the company a bit, and could represent a block on some decisions, especially controversial ones (the moving of HQ from seattle, and probably other).
Also, it limits drama and backstabbing, as representatives should be accountable to other employees, and have to lead general assembly to talk about huge future changes, like a change of CEO. If a third of the board cannot backstab, and have to talk to literally everybody before making huge decisions, it limits drama _a lot_.
- gamepsys 3y agoI've made very similar arguments before and I think it's the correct action. Specifically in Germany's situation this was implemented to appease workers so they wouldn't "go full communist", which was a real concern. I think it's pretty clear that we need more voices in the boardroom than those picked by Wall Street.