The system set up by the company is what earns the company value and creates it for others. Individual workers implement critical parts of that system, but the work of the workers does not on its own create the value. AOC and PG are both a bit obtuse about this.
A few points.
"Company" is doing some very heavy lifting in how you are using it. The "company" in that sense does not include any worker who isn't a meaningful equity participant. In Amazon's case, or Telsa/SpaceX's case, the "company" is a single founder and his cronnies.
But as for `the work of the workers does not on its own create the value`... I just don't see how that isn't completely incorrect. It is literally the only part that is at the core of the value creation.
How much value would be created by Amazon tomorrow if every fulfillment worker and driver didn't show up? Basically none. But Jeff Bezos could die of a heart attack tomorrow and it wouldn't stop a single dollar of value creation.
We really don't appreciate the contributions of workers enough in this country. Whether it is the medical assistant at the doctor's office, the person who makes your burrito, delivers the Amazon diaper's order, or even check you out at the store. If people stop showing up to work, this all falls apart. It won't matter how much capital you have if you have no workers.
Concretely, the company is not a single founder and his cronies. The company is a pile of paperwork (aka contracts) that dictate the relationships between (thousands of) people who are all involved in the enterprise, from factory workers and entry-level coders to investors. It is that pile of paper and the relationships it encodes that creates an output that is larger than the sum of its parts.
You can worry about whether the split of return is correct, but arguing that the pile of paperwork is valueless or somehow nonexistent is silly. Value flowing to investors is a consequence of how that pile of paperwork is set up and what is on the papers, nothing more or less.