You meant perhaps overrated? At least in my experience so far in the tech industry, in all the companies I have worked for they always praise "ownership" as in: "as an engineer you own a product from conception to development to deployment to maintenance"... but they never talk about money. There is nothing like "If the company goes well and since you own part of it, here you have a bonus!" Nop, at least in Western Europe is not like that. You behave as if you must own the company, but you get no benefits at all; so basically: work more for the same money.
I think your observation confirms that it's underrated. The people who don't talk about money use a weird notion of ownership where it means responsibility, but doesn't seem to mean benefits.
Marx is turning in his grave.
Ownership that OP means is about having the agency to be part of the whole picture: responsibilities, work, challenges, and results.
You meant perhaps overrated? At least in my experience so far in the tech industry, in all the companies I have worked for they always praise "ownership" as in: "as an engineer you own a product from conception to development to deployment to maintenance"... but they never talk about money. There is nothing like "If the company goes well and since you own part of it, here you have a bonus!" Nop, at least in Western Europe is not like that. You behave as if you must own the company, but you get no benefits at all; so basically: work more for the same money.