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Isn't it that Nokia's ex-employee's have some sort of equitable fund, housing for life in the village and that sort of thing, I seem to remember reading about it, and that they were the leading Wellington manufacturer in Europe - however, you must know more than I?


Well, I worked with them when it was still a very small "nokia telecommunications" division within the big Nokia company. And I still have a pair of Nokia wellies. Don't know about ever being leading, but everyone in Finland had them. Too bad I didn't save any Nokia toilet tissue

But yes, the town of Nokia got a fair bit of Nokia shares, the proceed of which can only be used to improve quality of life of elderly people in the town. So they have the fanciest retirement home in Europe...