I’ve been at my current job for 10 months now, manager who hired me was my manager at last job for like a year. He is pushing me to take a “team lead” job but ive always refused those in every other job ive been in. Seems like theyre always stressed, and like its not worth the headaches. Im very OCD about work and never call in, which my bosses see and are like “omg, youre such a good worker. Youd make a good boss right” which…no. Im super non confrontational and am terrible and social cues lmao.
Im happy just riding out where im at. I get good benefits, already paid well, and have no kids. Why tf add stress?
I’ve never taken a leadership position because I’m not trying to be good enough at my job for anyone to ask if I would like to move up. Typically you’ll never get a raise to beat inflation anyways so it’s just better to do your year or two with a company and just look for another job after that and just ask for more money. Once you go management you’re tied at the hip to that company.
why would management be tied to a company in a way that anyone else wasn’t? especially at the low levels?
Because once you become a manager you feel like you’ve moved up, and realistically most people don’t want to feel like they’re going backwards so they push through it. You’re not going to get another management position unless you can prove experience, so you’re kinda tied to that place for maybe 3-5 years before you can even think of being a manager somewhere else. As a regular employee I can just say fuck this place and go find something else relatively easy because they all pay about the same anyways.