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How the Costco Board Preserved the Warehouse Culture
Costco is known for paying workers $20 an hour and charging $1.50 for a hot dog. But behind that reputation is a boardroom that has consistently defied Wall Street pressure to cut labor costs. This episode examines the board's strategic decisions: from rejecting activist investors who wanted to trim wages, to doubling down on an employee-first model in the 2008 recession, to structuring CEO compensation around tenure and culture rather than stock price. We look at how the board uses the company's two-class stock structure to insulate long-term thinking, how they evaluate capital…
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