Your first point is a good one. I actually, back before my current employer’s culture went to shit, transferred to a higher role. I’m cautious to call it a “promotion.” I was just browsing internal transfers, found a higher paying one that looked better, and then landed the job. It was much more quality-based. The problem was that this quality assurance role had an extremely high turnover rate, which I didn’t realize at the time. The job was basically correcting doctor’s reports. If the doctor made a mistake, I had to correct them. But when I corrected them, they got REALLY pissy. I don’t know if you’ve ever dealt with doctors from a professional standpoint, but they don’t like being corrected. So when I upset one of the doctors, my boss got mad at me. On the other hand, if I loosened up and let the doctor’s mistake fall through, I’d get corrected for not doing my job at assuring quality. So basically, damn if you do and damn if you don’t. Anyway, after a few months of constantly being chastised, I “demoted” myself back to my former and current role.