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[The Office] Why is Michael Scott so poor?

Dwight mentioned once he had a shot at making 100k in commission one year. That would be on top of their base salary of 30-40k. Michael Scott was a better salesman than Dwight and was in sales when business was significantly better. 

Adjusted for inflation, he should have been making a six figure salary bare minimum and possibly as high as 150k when he was in sales. But in the show they mentioned that as a manager he makes barely more than the warehouse foreman and that Jan blew threw his savings in a matter of months. Did he take a 100k salary cut when he transitioned into management?
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> Dwight mentioned once he had a shot at making 100k in commission one year.

This was after Sabre bought out DunderMifflin, and Sabre didn't have a cap on commissions. DunderMifflin presumably did.

> That would be on top of their base salary of 30-40k. Michael Scott was a better salesman than Dwight and was in sales when business was significantly better.

Better, maybe, but again, cap on commissions. We know that Michael Scott was the best salesman of his time, but we really don't know how he compares to Dwight.

> But in the show they mentioned that as a manager he makes barely more than the warehouse foreman and that Jan blew threw his savings in a matter of months. Did he take a 100k salary cut when he transitioned into management?

He probably did, but it is pretty blatantly shown (and stated, explicitly) that he sucks at personal finance. He is in loads of debt and over spends his money.