His closing comment might be one approach: force upper management to make a substantial, long-term investment in the company.
An alternate approach would be regulation: outlawing outsized compensation. If the top dog really did only earn 50x the janitor's salary, we could eliminate an entire class of parasite.
A third approach would require cultural change. Regard managers as necessary but low-status. The people doing the actual work of the company should be held in higher regard - and earn more - than the paper shufflers.
An alternate approach would be regulation: outlawing outsized compensation. If the top dog really did only earn 50x the janitor's salary, we could eliminate an entire class of parasite.
A third approach would require cultural change. Regard managers as necessary but low-status. The people doing the actual work of the company should be held in higher regard - and earn more - than the paper shufflers.