Stock compensation for hourly employees (purchase, companies, money, $10,000)

[e130478]

I've always wondered why companies don't offer their hourly employees the option of receiving compensation in the form of stock. Long ago corporations came to the realization that performance-based pay was the optimal form of compensation for executive leadership, so why shouldn't the same idea apply to hourly employees?

[Garthur]

The company I retired from paid hourly in stocks in addition to normal cash pay outs and also offered a stock purchase plan for hourly.

Here's the way it worked. For every $10,000 dollars you made, one share of stock was given to you. You could also have money withdrawn from your check to purchase addition stock.

[SportyandMisty]

Many larger companies offer employee stock ownership programs for ALL employees (at least all full-time or almost full-time).