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Why some companies pay workers in stock

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A powerful sense of ownership is significantly cheaper than actual compensation. By actively flooding employee portfolios with proprietary stock instead of increasing base salaries, executives successfully slash massive payroll tax liabilities while aggressively tying the worker's entire retirement directly to a highly volatile sinking ship.

Why some companies pay workers in stock
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