- Amazon employees, even those who have left, can pledge their stock as collateral for home mortgages.
- The arrangement is through Better.com, which will charge a higher interest rate on the loans.
- Amazon said its stock-heavy pay model is meant to urge employees "to think like owners."
Amazon is letting their employees use their stock to buy homes. Under the new program, Amazon employees will be able to use their vested stock as collateral in the home-buying process, Better said in a statement on Tuesday.