It's not apples to apples because it is in essence two different employers. The CEO does not work for the company (this why you see that $1 CEO salary so often), the CEO works for the shareholders. But the employees work for the company. They are two distinct entities with two distinct finances.
If a company does layoffs and the CEO still gets paid, that is perfectly logical because the company was never paying the CEO in the first place. Whether or not the CEO got his $5 million compensation package has no impact on whether or not the company could have laid people off, as just about everyone portrays it (and thinks how it is).
If a company does layoffs and the CEO still gets paid, that is perfectly logical because the company was never paying the CEO in the first place. Whether or not the CEO got his $5 million compensation package has no impact on whether or not the company could have laid people off, as just about everyone portrays it (and thinks how it is).