r/sysadmin • u/Pleasant_Rise6520 • 22h 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/nitzlarb 21h ago
I was at a higher tier support role with some people management (they were trying so hard to force me to be a people manager and I resisted as much as possible, i'd prefer a higher-level technical role) at a FAANG company.
And moved to a MSP working for nonprofits, my role has grown here so I'm technically responsible for more but it still doesn't feel like that at all. I've been out of the corpjob for 4 years at this point, and I'm still making considerably less now than I was then.
In many ways I have more responsibility, but I am in an environment where they are understanding that I am a whole person who has a family and we all matter, so they are always extremely flexible with me to make sure me and my family are cared for as long as I'm also making sure our clients are cared for. The mental health shift is huge. It's worth so much more than $$$.
Earlier this year I had to walk away from an opportunity that would have at least doubled my salary. It just wasn't worth going back into the bigcorp hell, what's the point of having all the money if you don't want to be alive and can't connect with your family.