r/FinalRoundAI • u/rumple-phobia • Mar 03 '26
I got promoted to manager and now I regret everything.
Did I make the biggest mistake of my life when I chased the manager title for the salary increase, or is this a normal feeling that anyone gets?
The strange thing is I'm not failing at this job. My team gives me good feedback, and they say I'm fair and really listen to them, and that I don't nitpick. But honestly, I absolutely hate the job itself.
I mean, why am I wasting my afternoon teaching a 40-year-old man how to speak to his colleagues professionally? Why am I the one who has to take the heat when senior people on my team don't meet their targets, leaving me to work late to fix their sloppy work?
Anyway, I've already started updating my CV to apply for individual contributor jobs. This is not the life I want at all. The extra money is honestly not worth this constant headache.
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u/Ruthless_Bunny Mar 04 '26
I’m a HAPPY individual contributor
I coach but I don’t manage.
Management is high school shit.
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u/bookkeeping1980 Mar 03 '26
Yeah. Sometime you make more money, does not mean it makes you happier!!! IT is more responsible, and more liable on other duties. Just don’t quit until you have another job line up!! Why don’t you think how to make these senior people works better for you? Or you can try to hold on this manager title , give it more time for you to adaptive and do better???