• conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    From the perspective of the employee it basically is a gift (more a benefit).

    Employees don’t pay for stock in an ESOP; they’re earned by being employed there (with different options for how they’re divided, but restrictions so they aren’t excessively dominated by the highest earners).