years. In order to ensure that technical employees see a connection between their efforts and the firm's performance, and to mack them feel that they share a common fate with others in the organization, Hewlett-Packard bases its profit-sharing plan at the divisional level. The company has a policy splitting divisions soon after they exceed 1000 employees.
Another example is provided by a Midwestern computer firm. The company gives employees involved in the development and manufacturing of a product 15% of any annual net profits attributed to the product whenever they exceed 1.6% of a total sales.