I reckon it's a great thing for any and every employee to own shares of the business they work for
@Luke Brooks #1 Fan.
You work diligently having pride in the work you do, the business prospers, and the share prices go up giving the employee extra pocket money.
That's gotta be a positive thing.
I was just a lowly bus driver in Sydney for the last 15 years of my working life, but I wore a tie every day because I took care and pride in my chosen job in getting my passengers to their destination comfortably and safely and was thanked many times by my passengers for doing that.
I could possibly have gone on to be a driving instructor, but my confidence had been shattered by the number of rat bag drivers on the road, so I took early retirement at age 57 and became a self-funded retiree, going on to lose most of my Superannuation in the GFC and now have next to b all just living on the pension.
But...as they say, "that's life".