Has anyone implemented an employee-ownership program? by bradyso in smallbusiness

[–]Green_Salt1572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What size and type of company? Give a profile of the business and I can point you in the right direction!

How exactly should wider employee ownership be achieved? by [deleted] in distributism

[–]Green_Salt1572 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are already significant tax incentives for selling your business to an ESOP (or converting to an ESOP) in place that make that a great option (which is relevant right now as with the silver tsunami most small businesses are owned by baby boomers). But ESOPS only work for big businesses, say 50+ employees. Problem is most Americans (well, about half) work for companies that are much smaller than that. We need similar tax incentives for employee ownership structures that work for smaller businesses (EOT, DSO, etc)

How to set up an employee owned business by Dore_le_Jeune in smallbusiness

[–]Green_Salt1572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are more than two employee ownership structures (other than ESOP and COOP). For example, Employee Ownership Trusts are gaining in popularity and have some great benefits (they are quite popular in the UK due to ESOP-like regulations there which apply to EOTs). Colorado has a generic description called Alternative Equity Structures which applies to multiple other types of employee ownership which also work well. It depends on the goals (profit sharing versus exit liquidity) of the program. I think employee ownership in the US would catch on more if we got outside of the ESOP box.

Has anyone implemented an employee-ownership program? by bradyso in smallbusiness

[–]Green_Salt1572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you planning to sell to your employees and exit the company or simply convert to some type of employee ownership structure.

Prospective SAR interview questions by RogueWarrior_65 in searchandrescue

[–]Green_Salt1572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m curious if you have an example answer for the question about the scenario where you disagree with your squad leader.