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comment by briandmyers
briandmyers  ·  3333 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's Next After "Right to Work"?

    Why would a worker need any better motivator to succeed than a bigger paycheck and more job security? If you have stock, bonuses, or dividends on the line, then you bet your ass you're going to care. Ownership = pride, IMO.

This right here. Back in the late 80's / early 90's, I worked for Seagate, and at that time Al Shugart had a profit-sharing policy that was great for generating employee loyalty. The way it worked was, every quarter, IF the company made a profit above a certain threshold, then a small slice of that profit was distributed to every employee, based on salary (everyone would get, say, 15 hours worth of extra pay). It wasn't ever a lot of money, but a regular bonus based directly on company profit was a huge morale boost - and we all noticed the quarters when we didn't make a profit.