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Although starting pay for some positions at Southwest lags behind that of other carriers, Southwest has traditionally made up that deficit with generous profit sharing and stock options--based on shares that have dropped 24% so far this year, after almost doubling in value over the past five years. The company is valued at $10.8 billion, more than the other major U.S. airlines combined. And employees own more than 10% of Southwest's outstanding shares. Southwest also offers something even scarcer than a valuable stock: job security. While the other majors are shrinking their service and laying off workers, Southwest...
More than other airlines, Southwest compensates its workers in ways other than base pay. It contributes 15% of its pre-tax income to a profit-sharing plan. Immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, Southwest management assured its workers and unions that no one would be laid...
There's politics in everything, but in the movies, politics is usually tempered by the profit motive...
...station itself probably won’t close because it is non-profit,” said WHRB President Mona C. Lewandoski ’03. “But if the fees are too high, the Web station may [shut down...
...Women Reveal Their Pathways to Success, which featured Evert. LaTeef then established a women’s textile company called Pillow Talk, which made linens and pillowcases for cultural institutions. She sold it after seven years, and became the director of development of the Foreign Policy Association, a non-profit that seeks to educate the public about foreign policy...