> At a large corporation, that's the manager. Not necessarily. The manager just above the employee usually has almost 0 say in the hiring and compensation proc

> At a large corporation, that's the manager. Not necessarily. The manager just above the employee usually has almost 0 say in the hiring and compensation process. The hiring manager does have some say in it, but the decision to open up the position in the first place may have been made above the hiring manager by a director level position. And the director that's made that decision is not necessarily the one that is in charge of paying for it. In other words, it's usually more complicated.