> Did this person get rewarded for this huge effort they put in? You say they already have prodigious yearly compensation, was it at least doubled given that th

> Did this person get rewarded for this huge effort they put in? You say they already have prodigious yearly compensation, was it at least doubled given that they saved it several times over? When you're getting paid $500k-$1m/year or more as a staff engineer, putting in huge effort and getting organization-wide impactful results is part of the job description. I'm sure it had a good effect on their yearly comp review, but suggesting that their comp should be doubled because they did their job is silly.