The Ellen story sort of reinforces this weird habit all rich people have, of being generous when donating to charity, but treating own workers appallingly. Ellen donated $1 million to corona relief efforts, but showed none of that generosity for her own team.

You'll see a lot of that in Pakistan. Tycoons will be donating to all kinds of charities, will be running free kitchens, even free hospitals & clinics, but that generosity will not be replicated when it comes to their employees.
The thinking seems to be, if we pay you a salary,

we owe you nothing else, not even basic decency.