I sense you prefer the Return of the King, and have a particularly soft spot for Saruman's minions before the scouring of the Shire:
"It’s all these ‘gatherers’ and ‘sharers’, going round counting and measuring and taking off to storage. They do more gathering than sharing, and we never see most of the stuff again."
P.S. If that character from A Christmas Carol was actually worth more than he was being paid, he could find a better job and tell his previous employer to shove it. If not, then he should not expect to be paid more than the actual value of his services. Likewise, if he thinks being a CEO is such an easy path to riches on the backs of workers, he should go out and start a business himself and see how hard it actually is.