> And (I'm theorizing here, I know little of management layers) I'm confident that a manager's wage is a percentage of a department's budget Unlikely in a conv

> And (I'm theorizing here, I know little of management layers) I'm confident that a manager's wage is a percentage of a department's budget Unlikely in a conventional organisation with salaried staff split into multiple depts / divisions. Bonuses may depend on the performance of a specific dept but base salaries typically have company-wide bands.