Most complaints I hear about C-level pay boil down to claims that the roles themselves are overvalued, not that individuals are overpaid for the role. I think t

Most complaints I hear about C-level pay boil down to claims that the roles themselves are overvalued, not that individuals are overpaid for the role. I think the value of an extremely highly-performing engineer is likely to be more apparent to the "rank and file" than that of an executive, especially at a company where employee morale is a serious concern.