Personal Finance for Residents of Japan
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I don’t mean to disagree with you but wanted to provide a perspective from company management. I’ve been a corporate insider and part of senior management at a Japanese company for over a decade now and a big part of my own portfolio is in company stock. I have never, even once, seen a discussion about promotion or other advancement of an employee bring up their ownership of company stock. Senior management doesn’t know (but maybe could find out; lower management has no way to find out) and honestly doesn’t care about your ownership of company stock because that’s a decision made based on your personal financial circumstances not your company loyalty or what you contribute to the company’s mission.
I did not mean to imply it had a direct effect on an employee's perceived loyalties. Rather it is a reflection of their loyalty and faith in their own company. The blind buying of stock simply because your partner works for the company is something I have seen a few times in Tokyo. I have also heard people buying a stock simply because they wished to *support* a company.TokyoWart wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 7:34 amI don’t mean to disagree with you but wanted to provide a perspective from company management. I’ve been a corporate insider and part of senior management at a Japanese company for over a decade now and a big part of my own portfolio is in company stock. I have never, even once, seen a discussion about promotion or other advancement of an employee bring up their ownership of company stock. Senior management doesn’t know (but maybe could find out; lower management has no way to find out) and honestly doesn’t care about your ownership of company stock because that’s a decision made based on your personal financial circumstances not your company loyalty or what you contribute to the company’s mission.