I often think about people in other professions who have to work harder in poorer conditions for less money.

For me, the best way to direct these feelings is to recognise I don't deserve this any more than those others in any meaningful sense, to try and live modestly and help out others to try and redress some of the imbalance.

The higher paid superiors are just more of a tiny fraction of the population who happen also to be in an extremely lucky position

Perhaps C-levels should be better at their jobs and feel the "fire in their belly" (what an obnoxious phrase) to not harmfully impact so many people at once.

From that frame of reference, it's so good the plebs have to continue their gladiatorial combat.