Wouldn't it be cheaper to fire her and not give her an insane severance package? Have the "elite" somehow made it illegal to get rid of them without multi-mill

Wouldn't it be cheaper to fire her and not give her an insane severance package? Have the "elite" somehow made it illegal to get rid of them without multi-million dollar packages? Or is this just an example of, we do it because it's always been done this way?