Put another way. If there are 10 levels between him and those who are at the lowest level of hierarchy (assuming the median employee is somewhere in the lowest

Put another way. If there are 10 levels between him and those who are at the lowest level of hierarchy (assuming the median employee is somewhere in the lowest rung of this org tree), this equates to roughly your comp doubling as you get promoted each level. Then is it fair to question whether this ratio of comp between successive levels is ok?