&quot;If a company took this to the logical extreme - making the employees the consumers of the product&#x2F;service - then it would cease to be &quot;work&quot;, and would instead be a &quot;hobby&#x2F;internship&#x2F;volunteer&#x2F;education&#x2F;experience&quot;.&quot;<p>Tangentially related, but an early strategy of the Ford motor co was to double the standard factory wage of it&#x27;s employees, so that the purchase of one of its automobiles was within reach and seen as the bonus of employment. It did wonders for their introduction of the automobile to America.