You should ask what is the value the PA brings to the boss and the company.

Robert Kuok's PA has been with him for a few decades already. Guess how much she gets paid.

Heck, some of the secretaries in Hong Kong get paid HKD40K per month. Secretaries! That is mid manager level pay right there already.

But their presence and ability to help their team do stuff is equivalent to several hundred K of value per month. Not worth it to pay that amount of money to them then?