Originally Posted by
The stillest
we got to purchase the stock at a 15% discount off market prices
The stock went up in price for the 6mo period? You made more than 15%. CAL during the late 90’s until they ended the ESPP enjoyed a decent run.
I’m not sure why you’re so openly hostile to something that actually happened for a lot of people.
The subject was
ESOP, not whatever ESPP was. And I'd rather have the 15% in wages rather than gambling on the stock price staying stable/going up.
The short of it is that management would place a value on your ESPP idea, and their value would likely be a higher value than what they'd pay us in higher wages.