[tamersalama]

This doesn't consider the value he's creating for the company. Apparently, the company was willing to part with that money already (before the improvement) - so clearly they should have offered him more for the automation.

[RandallBrown]

The bonus pool he was drawing from was meant to go to an entire team of people, but 90% of it was going to him. His pay ended up being quite a bit higher than what it should have been.