Perhaps a good idea to keep in mind this is a Brit speaking, and we tend to have a lot of understatement in our communication. I interpreted 'pennies' as 'a goo

Perhaps a good idea to keep in mind this is a Brit speaking, and we tend to have a lot of understatement in our communication. I interpreted 'pennies' as 'a good bit less than if we'd been stupidly-overcharged by the mercenary consultants he refers to'. I don't interpret 'pennies' as one of their employees getting screwed over. I mean, they may well might of, or they may well have had a significant wage increase and new clout within the company... .