Originally Posted by
BavarianBeast
Aaron's good shit.
That was true in the past. While I was there, the shares paid up to a 70% dividend some years. Banks were willing to lend to employees to buy shares at 2%, that's how good the investment was. Over my 5 years there though, the share price never increased, and the dividends began to dwindle to the 25% return mark. Don't get me wrong, that's still incredible, but nowhere near the performance they were at before. Shares could also only be purchased based on your position, so it took a good 5 years before you could get around $60-70k invested. They call the 5 year mark the golden handcuffs, and that's where I left. From what I gather now, they're struggling to pay dividends over 20% and the share prices are actually falling. Still not bad, but a tough draw when they pay 30-40% less than their competitors in Salary and expect you to make your money by buying into the share program.