What the hell does this even mean? Compensation is not "derailing". It is a core function of the business to pay it's employees. It's a core function of employ

What the hell does this even mean? Compensation is not "derailing". It is a core function of the business to pay it's employees. It's a core function of employees to make sure they aren't getting ripped off. It's plainly ridiculous to be told that what ones coworkers get paid is of no relevance to oneself. This is enlightened self-interest, not guilty grandstanding for some abstract cause or whatever.