What about the monetary value of the company, do the employees buy it (probably too expensive, cheaper for the employees to shut it down and form a new company with the same people) or is it usual for the founders to give away the companies? Do they just keep a good percentage of the shares to receive dividends?
It’s not unusual for employees to not have enough money to buy shares outright, which is usually why business owners don’t even consider this type of arrangement. However the good thing is that these arrangements are usually structured in such a manner that the employees gain ownership via transactions from future earnings. So founders aren’t giving anything away.
Personally, I think the employees have the right to get ownership. Nothing gets produced without human labour. They may have ownership of the factory (by some divine reason), but nothing gets produced without labour (including management labour).