Susannah Batley

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230 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 22 Jul

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Shared Lunch · "Wealth doesn't come from wages” · 22 Jul 2026 podcast

I think particularly for broad-based schemes, I think there should be that sort of base portion.

I really think it is better if that's employer-funded because all investing comes with risk and if anything, the world's got more volatile and who knows what can happen and there can be totally external forces that can mean

that share prices reduce materially.

That has nothing to do with the employee's contribution.

I was familiar with one case where it was in the healthcare industry.

Healthcare workers are in high demand.

It's really, really important to be able to retain them.

They had a scheme

For reasons outside of the company's control, the share price dropped materially and so because employees were asked to buy in through a loan with the company, suddenly their shares were worth far less than the loan they had.

And that goes from what could be quite a good incentivisation tool to incredibly disincentivising.

I think that for a broad-based scheme, it tends to work better when it is over and above that base pay and it is employer-funded.

I'd say, first of all, make sure you really understand the detail.

So, you know, there are often tax implications.

So make sure you understand those, making sure that you understand, you know, what the goal is of the company.

If it's private, is there a target window in terms of getting acquired or some sort of other event?

So really try and understand, you know, what the terms are of the offer, what that actually means.

And, you know, your employer should be communicating that well because that is really important for employees to understand.

But yeah, I'd be thinking about, is this company a company that I really believe in?

Is this a company that I think is going to do really well?

And I think really think about, you know, if it's not, if I'm not taking that and I'm taking a higher salary, then how else am I getting ownership?

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