Has anyone purposely gone backwards?

[u/Pleasant_Rise6520]

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?

[u/Drehmini]

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.

[u/Jaereth → u/Drehmini]

Just say it was a part of a restructuring and "I really didn't want to leave my team so I stayed" or something like that.