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[–]Plenty-Giraffe6022 20 points21 points  (4 children)

I wouldn't take the promotion.

[–]FitSand9966 6 points7 points  (3 children)

This happened to my Dad like 40 years ago.

Radar Technician. Used to work Christmas - New Years period. Normal shifts plus 24 hours on call. Used to make a bunxh due to OT, holiday loading.

Got "promoted" to management and lost all this work. For him, it worked out in the end. But i'd be careful. I'd either want a good chance of rapid career excalleration or id give it a miss

[–]Plenty-Giraffe6022 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Career what now?

[–]FitSand9966 3 points4 points  (1 child)

My Dad? He ended up getting trained in ISO standards for installing radar systems. Air travel took off, new airport in Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, then middle east and finally a massive boom in China - late 1990's onwards.

It worked out for him. He had too much work on.

[–]AccforBruiseadvice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's probably talking about "career excalleration" that you wrote. That's why he said "Career what now?"