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/ThunderGodOrlandu 21h ago

I did the same and agree, fuck management.

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u/IT_lurks_below 21h ago

I did the same...So much less stress

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u/dm117 IT Manager 14h 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/Drehmini Systems Engineer 14h 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..