Finally did. Scared about what I will be doing tomorrow night. I don’t want to end up with another hernia. Off 8 weeks recently because of it. I should have demoted myself before I came back. Scared of change I guess. Now my feet hurt. Factory job. 48 Male
A lot of that is because it is believed that an employee needs to grow in order to be satisfied in their position, at the same time the only path that employers have is to move someone out of an individual contributor role into the management track once they hit a senior level.
Good employers will have upper level individual contributor track positions that are well paid, or at least have a job level where someone can stay at forever. Even then, if your boss thinks you would be a good manager you can end up forced into the position.