To a certain extend that is likely what they do. But I don't really think this is bad. Its impossible the force anybody else to have the same compensation model

To a certain extend that is likely what they do. But I don't really think this is bad. Its impossible the force anybody else to have the same compensation model, and its impossible not to work with many, many other companies and people. This applies to many people who make under 200k and many who make over 200k. So in some sense its a decision of who is one the core of the team and who is in a different kind of relationship. And its fine to have those different kinds or relationships. At some point the company might be big enough to have somebody doing or organizing cleaning full time, or work reception full time. By that time that person will be valued the same as everybody else. This make the decision on what to make internal and external very meaningful. And it makes it so that person will be empowered to make the needed changes in order to do their job very well. Lets see for how long they can keep going with this strategy.