There is the additional factor that, at least in fast food, a salaried manager often makes a lower hourly rate than if they were paid at minimum wage plus overt

There is the additional factor that, at least in fast food, a salaried manager often makes a lower hourly rate than if they were paid at minimum wage plus overtime. It’s an industry filled with horrible bosses because the good bosses either leave or ran the math and declined the promotion in the first place.