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> I guess maybe he didn't want to slow down the rate at which he was pulling in F-U money.

Bingo! The manager's 10-30% bonus was on the line; and they probably saw the stressed employee not quite through a human lense, but was more of a broken cog that was gumming up the works and tanking the manager's metrics/KPIs.

In my book, those are broken people and managers.

I’m a manager and don’t make 50% to 100+% more than the people that report to me that are around my level.

40% more?

Much less. Teams where the manager is paid less than the engineers that they manage aren't rare either.

Yeah, I'm making about $10k less in salary than someone that reports to me of the same level.

Depends on the org but often new hires make close to the same salary as a manager that's been around for a few years. The difference may be in the bonus though.