&gt;If I create $1M of value for the company, you can compare my price with $1M.<p>Incorrect. If your company were to pay you the same amount as they profit off of you, you wouldn&#x27;t be sticking around for very long at that company. That&#x27;s the basic requirement of your company&#x27;s mode of production.<p>&gt;If the ranges of acceptable don’t overlap, it’s worth stepping back and clarifying what glasses people are using to look at the numbers.<p>Consider my previous assertion. You may come to this conclusion: &quot;it is unacceptable that I don&#x27;t make as much money as the money I produce for my company.&quot; You may realize that the entire economic system is structured that way. Then, you&#x27;re right that it&#x27;s worth stepping back and clarifying what glasses people are using.