You pay for talent. A business at this level is an entity that provides value to a lot of customers, and creates an ecosystem of velocity of cash flowing throug

You pay for talent. A business at this level is an entity that provides value to a lot of customers, and creates an ecosystem of velocity of cash flowing through employees families, vendors, suppliers, investors, etc. Cutting officer salaries would accomplish little, except accelerating talent loss. Man those SaaS products are so expensive, cut those programmers salaries - might be a corollary.