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On the career front I know many people who want to be in management but I doubt they know that management is not just a bigger salary and bossing people around.
by mmsimanga 7y ago
On the career front I know many people who want to be in management but I doubt they know that management is not just a bigger salary and bossing people around. You often find yourself caught between executives and your team. Some then cry fowl because they feel they not getting respect they deserve and happiness is elusive.
- sharkweek 7y agoEx manager here who now independently consults with no employees (although sometimes I manage a small pool of contractors when work gets a little hectic). I thought I wanted to move up the chain, until I found myself with a team of ~10 people, some of them managing people below them. Completely miserable. I didn’t have much control over salary policies or promotions so I basically played middle person. What I learned is that it was my job to extract as much possible work out of my team at their current salaries without them quitting. Twice being told, “they’ll get raises soon, don’t worry!” Those raises never came, the company restructured, a bunch of us lost our jobs, and I never took on a direct manager role again.
- yelloweyes 7y agoLearned this shit when my parents and teachers always pushing me to be whatever a "leader" is when you're 8 years old. Fucking horrible shit. I'll never be a leader/manager again in my life. Having to deal with a million different opinions and when something goes wrong it's all your fault.
- hurrdurr2 7y agoYeah, in middle management here... it's pretty much playing Malcolm in the middle. Also totally true on the "shit goes wrong it's all your fault" point.