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Not to downplay the corporate resposibility SW takes, this $1,000 bonus is not unique to them.
They are in fact partially employee owned and take a profit sharing responsibility towards their employees
Good for them
https://www.google.com/search?q=southwest+ceo+gary+kelly&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1
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Southwest Airlines to give employees $586 million in profit-share bonuses. Southwest Airlines has announced it will share $586 million through its ProfitSharing Plan with its Employees for 2016—equaling approximately 13.2 percent of each eligible Employee's eligible compensation, or the equivalent of six weeks' pay.Feb 13, 2017
In contrast to low-cost competitor JetBlue Airways, where most employees are non-union, Southwest employees are generally members of a union. The Southwest Airline Pilots' Association, a union not affiliated with the Air Line Pilots Association, represents the airline's pilots.
https://www.dallasnews.com/business...shares-love-586-million-employee-profit-share
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In order of importance, Southwest ranks employees first, customers second, and shareholders third. "We believe that if we treat our employees right, they will treat our customers right, and in turn that results in increased business and profits that make everyone happy," the airline explains in a blog post about its company culture
http://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-puts-employees-first-2015-7
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They are in fact partially employee owned and take a profit sharing responsibility towards their employees
Good for them
https://www.google.com/search?q=southwest+ceo+gary+kelly&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1
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Southwest Airlines to give employees $586 million in profit-share bonuses. Southwest Airlines has announced it will share $586 million through its ProfitSharing Plan with its Employees for 2016—equaling approximately 13.2 percent of each eligible Employee's eligible compensation, or the equivalent of six weeks' pay.Feb 13, 2017
In contrast to low-cost competitor JetBlue Airways, where most employees are non-union, Southwest employees are generally members of a union. The Southwest Airline Pilots' Association, a union not affiliated with the Air Line Pilots Association, represents the airline's pilots.
https://www.dallasnews.com/business...shares-love-586-million-employee-profit-share
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In order of importance, Southwest ranks employees first, customers second, and shareholders third. "We believe that if we treat our employees right, they will treat our customers right, and in turn that results in increased business and profits that make everyone happy," the airline explains in a blog post about its company culture
http://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-puts-employees-first-2015-7
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