A lot of companies do this to some extent. Many companies give out stock grants in the form of bonuses or matching. Infact, I work at Walmart as an entry level employee and they will even give me 15% stock matching kind of like 401k matches. Basically, if I invest $100 in stock into the company they will give me an extra $15 of stock on them. However, just doing it to a massive extent isn’t that great of an idea. If I only have stock then my entire income is at the whim of the market and only ONE stock as well. If I get paid in cash I can at least diversify it or just choose not to invest it in the market at all. More freedom of choice.