If you work at Timmy’s do a count of how many ice caps you make in a day. Multiply that by the cost. I guarantee on ice caps alone you make more value than you get back in your check
Libs learn about the labor theory of value and are like, “so what if people skim a little off the top? The business has overhead.” This is not skimming. Most people lose more than half of their labor value every day.
You can look at what professional service companies charge for consultant. For engineers, it's $100-$150 an hour in the US, sometimes more for software or really specialized work. Tech support and customer service are lower than that, but it's hard to say because there's a big difference between tech support for niche scientific software or lab equipment vs tech support for your iPhone.
Compare that to how much you make in wages and benefits, and remember that if your company doesn't actually bill time to customers, your labor is more valuable than whatever the charge-out rate is for a consultant because you can do things faster (you know the place you work, your co-workers, etc).