While Thames Water drowns in debt and dumps sewage in Britain’s rivers, Games Workshop is quietly showing the rest of corporate Britain how it’s done.
This week, the Nottingham-based company behind the Warhammer tabletop universe announced a £20 million profit share — distributed equally among its staff.
Not shareholders.
Not executives.
Everyone.
From the sculptors to the sales clerks, every employee will get a slice of the profits they helped create.
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This is not a one-off either.
Last year, it was £18 million.
The year before, £11 million.
As Games Workshop grows, so do the rewards for the people who build it.
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Compare this with Thames Water, a privatised utility company that pulls in billions annually but has nothing to show for it.
Britain’s largest water company is currently £15 billion in debt.
It’s been caught dumping raw sewage, delaying infrastructure upgrades, and failing basic public duties.
Yet year after year, it still manages to pay generous dividends to shareholders and bonuses to bosses.
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Let’s be clear: Games Workshop makes plastic figurines.
Thames Water manages an essential public service.
And yet the former is acting with more social responsibility and transparency than the latter.
While Games Workshop reinvests in its people and leverages its unique intellectual property to grow new media opportunities (a licensing deal with Amazon, no less), Thames Water seems stuck in a never-ending cycle of extractive capitalism — where the public pays the price and private equity reaps the reward.
This month, donations through Ko-fi helped keep Vox Political going — and I’ve just posted a quick update there about what’s next.
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And if you’ve already chipped in — thank you. You’re making this work possible.
What Games Workshop proves is that profit and fairness aren’t mutually exclusive.
You can grow a global brand, reward your workers, and remain profitable.
The question is: why don’t more companies do it?
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Warhammer v Waterworks: why Games Workshop’s £20m staff payout shames Thames Water
While Thames Water drowns in debt and dumps sewage in Britain’s rivers, Games Workshop is quietly showing the rest of corporate Britain how it’s done.
This week, the Nottingham-based company behind the Warhammer tabletop universe announced a £20 million profit share — distributed equally among its staff.
Not shareholders.
Not executives.
Everyone.
From the sculptors to the sales clerks, every employee will get a slice of the profits they helped create.
This month, donations through Ko-fi helped keep Vox Political going — and I’ve just posted a quick update there about what’s next.
I’m working on a new investigation, a reissued book collection (free to £20+ donors), and plenty of videos to ruffle a few feathers.
Take a look behind the scenes: https://ko-fi.com/voxpolitical
And if you’ve already chipped in — thank you. You’re making this work possible.
This is not a one-off either.
Last year, it was £18 million.
The year before, £11 million.
As Games Workshop grows, so do the rewards for the people who build it.
Buy Cruel Britannia in print here. Buy the Cruel Britannia ebook here. Or just click on the image!
Compare this with Thames Water, a privatised utility company that pulls in billions annually but has nothing to show for it.
Britain’s largest water company is currently £15 billion in debt.
It’s been caught dumping raw sewage, delaying infrastructure upgrades, and failing basic public duties.
Yet year after year, it still manages to pay generous dividends to shareholders and bonuses to bosses.
Get my free guide: “10 Political Lies You Were Sold This Decade” — just subscribe to our email list here:
👉 https://voxpoliticalonline.com
Let’s be clear: Games Workshop makes plastic figurines.
Thames Water manages an essential public service.
And yet the former is acting with more social responsibility and transparency than the latter.
While Games Workshop reinvests in its people and leverages its unique intellectual property to grow new media opportunities (a licensing deal with Amazon, no less), Thames Water seems stuck in a never-ending cycle of extractive capitalism — where the public pays the price and private equity reaps the reward.
This month, donations through Ko-fi helped keep Vox Political going — and I’ve just posted a quick update there about what’s next.
I’m working on a new investigation, a reissued book collection (free to £20+ donors), and plenty of videos to ruffle a few feathers.
Take a look behind the scenes: https://ko-fi.com/voxpolitical
And if you’ve already chipped in — thank you. You’re making this work possible.
What Games Workshop proves is that profit and fairness aren’t mutually exclusive.
You can grow a global brand, reward your workers, and remain profitable.
The question is: why don’t more companies do it?
Vox Political needs your help!
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Join the Vox Political Facebook page.
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7) Feel free to comment!
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The Livingstone Presumption is available
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Health Warning: Government! is now available
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The first collection, Strong Words and Hard Times,
is still available in either print or eBook format here:
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