This is all based on the toxic and feudal idea that there should be a strict hierarchy of authority and pay that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Ea

This is all based on the toxic and feudal idea that there should be a strict hierarchy of authority and pay that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Each layer of employees should have a smaller layer of higher-paid overseers, going all the way up to the king (CEO).