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I know the feelings of the subjects of the article all too well. I was promoted to mid level manager for a year and hated it. I'll never do it again. I'm quite happy to stay a lowly peon in the organization and make less money. The extra pay just ain't worth the additional responsibilities, hours, and stress.
I have a coworker who should be running my whole department, she knows the business inside and out, knows all the major players in other companies and is straightforward with no bs. She has turned down the job so many times and after a while I slowly began to get it.
I'm in that same boat. Turned down a management position when they offered a sweet 0.6% raise
Mine offered to pay me half the rate of my non-management work. But I did get a decent raise for my non-management work from the promotion.