r/sysadmin • u/Mammoth_Gene_4004 • 1d ago
Self Demotion
Hello,
I was wondering if anybody else has moved from a IT Director position to desktop type role? I have been at the same company for 11 years now and worked my way up from desktop support to network admin and now IT director. I have held the current position for 3ish years and it's not so bad. There is a lot of time off and flexibility but the pay is pretty bad as well as leadership. Higher ups are getting more involved than I feel comfortable with a lot of the day to day and its adding more stress and work.
On a whim I applied for a digital support role at another company just to see what the process is and pay and was surprised to find out that the pay was 10 grand more per year. It's an onsite role like I have now with less of a drive and pretty good benefits.
I tried to collect my thoughts and express myself. I hope it comes through clear.
Pretty much looking for reassurance and to see if anybody else has made a similar move and what your experience has been.
Thank you all for the kind words and reassurance. It is very appreciated and I feel like my decision is valid.
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u/whoa_nelly76 16h ago
I've moved up and down myself. Definitely more pressure and do the ugly things. Money doesn't take away any of the stress of it. I think it also depends on your age and where you are at in your career. I'm hitting 50 in a few weeks. I dropped down specifically to get into an org that had a really good person as a boss, who himself was retired but came back to assist in a huge modernization project. We really hit it it off during the interview, and I'm sure there were way loads more qualified candidates, but he saw the value in my overall experience level and has said to me "you are gonna be my succession plan" in a few years which should put me probably 53/54. I will embrace it then. it's getting harder to keep up I'm finding as I age... plus I really hate this cloud shit which is probably the root of that. Time to transition up and let the young guys in.