Hey peeps,
Now let's face it most of you here are rest&vesters. And if not you all own qc stock one way or another.
I'm a shareholder myself. Here's how we get rich:
1) Every single employee submits a petition where they ask for their base salary to be cut in half. Based on recent financials that would likely translate to ~$3B in cost reduction annually.
2) Board of directors approves the use of all savings from item 1 above to be distributed as dividends. Based on current # shares outstanding that's roughly a $1.5 per share dividend. Which means almost doubling of the current dividend. That right there is FICA exempt and qualified item. So you'll be paying %25 less taxes on it than your base salary.
3) Item 2 above appeals to income investors, share price gets up to $70 levels again due to high demand. You sell your shares and get taxed on the gains at 25% lower than your base salary would have been just like the dividends, considering all rest&vesters are long term holders.
Although it would seem like you're getting screwed at first, the stock gains and tax savings would make up much more than the initial loss.
Y'all know this unlocks much more value for all of you in the long run.
So go ahead send that petition already and get back to work, hopefully what you do will help raise the stock price a little!