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A guy at my gym in Phoenix said he turned down a $15k raise because it came with a manager title, and now I'm second guessing my own plan
He was talking to his buddy on the bench next to me and said the money wasn't worth losing his weekends and the hands on work he actually likes. I've been chasing a supervisor spot at my company for about a year now, mostly for the $8k bump, and it never occurred to me to ask what I'd be giving up. Half the guys who took that path here seem miserable now. How do you figure out if a promotion is actually a step up or just more headaches?
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the_anna8d ago
The part about "never occurred to me to ask what I'd be giving up" is what I'd push back on a little. You can find that out pretty easy by talking to the guys who already took the job, ask them what their week actually looks like now, how many nights they're still at the shop, whether they still get to touch the work or just push paper. The $8k sounds nice but run the math on it, because if you're suddenly on salary and working ten extra hours a week, you just gave yourself a pay cut per hour. Some of those guys being miserable might just mean the role isn't set up right, not that the job itself is bad.
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jamiesingh8d ago
Talking to the guys already in the role is smart but @the_anna they have a reason to sell it, nobody wants to say the move they made was a mistake. The part I'd add is that misery in those guys could be the setup, sure, but it could also just be that some people are built for the tools and not the desk, and no amount of fixing the role changes that. That is the thing you can't math out on a napkin, the hourly rate can look fine and you still hate your week. So yeah do the math but also be honest with yourself about which side of the fence you actually want to be on, because $8k does not buy back a job you liked.
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