It’s not always the case that bosses of big businesses getting paid big money hits the right notes in the public eye. There have been times that public limited companies - those on stock exchanges, beholden to shareholders as well as a board - have been criticised when trying to up payment terms for the decision-makers at the top.
That seems to go extra when it’s a bank or other finance-driven entity, or an organisation which operates in an area which perhaps straddles social goodwill.