[hawk_]

> instead of dreaming of us all dining endlessly on the the fat of the C-suite.

I thought the issue with such high/concentrated C-suite compensation isn't the envy (though that may be the case for some). The issue is that just by squeezing $116 per employee such a CEO can pay herself. Like if removing armrests from all employee chairs nets you a few additional millions of dollars, the temptation to do so exists.

If there was no such C-suite, there would be less incentives for pennypinching over basic employee wellbeing.

[Kalium]

If you look at sibling comments, you'll find a whole discussion where users talk about the major significance to many people of a different numerical estimate. With that in mind, I think that for many people the issue is indeed greater employee income instead of avoiding pennypinching over basic employee wellbeing.