Michele needs your help with the current compensation and benefits plan for Lollipop Company, Inc. She expects you to use your evaluation skills, combined with or built upon your knowledge, application, and/or analysis skills, to help solve her dilemma. Michele feels the current plan is fair but several employees have complained it's not enough. Her current employee status is as follows:

• 1 CEO with a base salary of $150,000 and benefits that equal 40% of the salary
• 3 additional executives (senior management) with a combined base salary of $300,000 and each receives benefits that equal 35% of the salary
• 6 middle management personnel with a combined base salary of $420,000 and each receives benefits that equal 30% of the salary
• 10 first-line supervisors with a combined base salary of $500,000 and each receives benefits that equal 25% of the salary
• 150 non-supervisory employees with a combined base salary of $4,500,000 with an average individual salary of $30,000 and each receives benefits that equal 25% of the salary