ESOP. Its fashionable

@sparkly. I know journalists at NMG and you need to realize last year wasn't good for them at all, compensation wise-even in terms of the budget. The people did good work last year despite ad revs going down. Although the token is too small.

@GG - Performance based is different from 'Token of Appreciation'... On the other hand (restricted) shares better than cash!

Of all the Aga Khan companies,this is the worst managed.I hear its almost like a brothel,his highness should sack the entire management team.

Plus anyone seen the new advert of them singing like stupid primary kids,they should be ashamed of themselves.

nothing wrong with inspiring employees, g think its a very good idea. On the other alegation that its a big brothel, well i've heard from guyz who have worked for media firms, the workers are very loose and i mean very.

I also like that [musical] ad.

And whats that about stupid primary kids? Do you mean that all primary kids are stupid or that the primary kids who sing are stupid???

@GG no options involved just a token regardless of rank or performance. @vvs i haven't seen anything like it in corporate kenya.@scubi its ok for employees to get a share of capital when business is bad? Why not just restructure? Imagine employees get 30k worth of shares while shareholders risk capital and get 5.5 per share for whole year. @sheep lol

@sparkly. All I'm saying is that if they had a bad year there needs to be a balance in rewarding every stakeholder. The employees have a vested interest in the business now (don't even think they got a bonus last year). Shareholders also got a share of the capital (a bonus) and a dividend ina down-year, what else do u want? It's not an issue of restructuring, they have an ad-based model, volatile in down years.

LOL... With my blessings!!! Now if only we knew which other firms he is writing on!!!