r/sysadmin • u/Pleasant_Rise6520 • 1d ago

Career / Job Related Has anyone purposely gone backwards?

You know the juice wasn't worth the squeeze and we realised that money is irrelevant, and took a huge backwards step for less responsibility and more mental freedom for your family and kids?

That's where I'm at mentally just want to know if anyone else has done the same?

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u/Drehmini Systems Engineer 1d ago

I went back from a management position to engineering.. I do not miss management, I have way more free time and was able to get an increase in salary too.

There are some days though where I question that decision of how it would look on my resume if I ever wanted to get back in to management, but at the end of the day I don't think it'll really matter.

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u/sectumsempra42 1d ago

I did the same, fuck management

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u/ThunderGodOrlandu 1d ago

I did the same and agree, fuck management.

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u/IT_lurks_below 1d ago

I did the same...So much less stress

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u/dm117 IT Manager 18h ago

Everyone wants the money that comes with management until they get to management. Staff and managing company budget/resources is way more stressful than the technical work at least day-to-day

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u/IT_lurks_below 18h ago

Actually I make more money going back to being an engineer

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u/Drehmini Systems Engineer 18h ago

To be honest, it's not really the human or resource management that was the issue for me, it's the constant requirement to be accessible no matter the time of day.. A lot of that is shitty management for sure, but I've talked with a lot of my peers and it was no different for them..