cpdude,
to keep the maths simple, lets assume exactly $4billion profit this year. That equated to 7.1% someone reported and profit amount shared of $179m.
If we assume that turnover was the same, staff the same and that in fact the only change was that we magically removed $4billion worth of costs, then profit would have been $8billion. Profit margin would now be 14.2% (double 7.1%). 14.2% times 0.75 gives 10.65% of the profit to be shared, which equals $852million.
I am not sure how many staff we have but lets assume around 16,000. That means $96million was distributed equally(assuming everyone's salary was $12K or over) leaving $83million equalling 6.4 days.
So assuming the same system of $6K per employee, if profit was $8billion, our share would be $852million...take away $96million leaves $756million. Since $83million equals 6.4 days, $756m equals 58.3days.
So, if profit doubled on same turnover/staff, then profit share would be 58.3days and $6,000.
clear as mud?