It costs money to retain top class employees and management otherwise they go to industries/businesses in other countries, sometimes, where companies will pay top dollar for experience and competence. It’s just a fact of life. It’s how capitalism works and how it weeds out the poor performers. Govt just doles out your $$$ to anyone whether they deserve it or not.
Exactly. If nothing else, the fact that a company can afford to spend like this just shows that these folks were VERY good at their jobs. If they were able to make the company enough profit to do this, they deserve to enjoy a little of it as a reward.