Employees taking stock of investment risks

BROOMFIELD — Senior Director of Compensation and Benefits Bob Wynkoop heaved a big sigh of relief after Enron Corp. collapsed, taking with it most of the value of Enron workers’ retirement accounts.

Ball had completed the revamp of its own employee retirement benefit program just months earlier, dumping a restrictive employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) that prevented workers from getting out of the Ball shares held in their accounts until age 55.

“When the Enron thing hit I thought, ‘oh my gosh,’ we made a good…