[gringofyx]

That's an interesting calculation.

Using that formula, how would management like to compensate Joe given the following:

* Steve is hired for $100k

* A year passes

* The company starts to lose money, let's say down to $1.5M a year.

* It is decided that Joe's industry knowledge - and only Joe's knowledge - had been making extra money for the company. It was some non-transferrable knowledge.

* Aside from the previous caveat, Steve and Joe had precisely the same skillset

* Joe is happily employed somewhere else for $150k