How many of you are debating whether it’s worth it to be a manager. The older I get, the more being an individual contributor appeals to me, but I can’t help but think it could be because of my current environment and management seems to be putting out fires all day

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There are times where I want to step down from leadership… but I’m a producing manager, so I get the best of both worlds… meeting with clients, growing my book, while leading a team…

There’s worse situations to be in… if my role was only leadership, I wouldn’t have gone for it…

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Yeah only leadership seems very draining

I’m looking from the perspective of someone of who wants to be in a managerial role. I aspire to be a manager mainly because I want to provide a leadership style that’s positive and supportive to people. Bring back humanity to the workplace.

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Not going to lie, I have been thinking about this a lot lately. My boss works like 80 hours a week and I do not want that for myself. I really value work life balance and spending time with my friends and family.

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Exactly!

I used to want to be a manager but after seeing how much stress it entails, I’m second guessing that decision. My role right now doesn’t have too much stress while I see my manager in meetings all the time with lots of stress

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