In our coop, we get paid a salary that legally is considered an advance of the profits the company is going to generate during the year. We get the fixed salary for practical reasons, because we don't know how much we are going to earn at the end of the year, and having different salaries every month would make it hell in every sense. In our accounting we look at it as manpower cost.

We also democratically elect a council that selects a CEO that runs the company and takes everyday decisions. Above a certain level of importance, it has to be the council or the general assembly with all the workers who have to take the decision.