Why does it seem as though the only way to advance in organisations (financially) is to take on positions of leadership? I'm not complaining about it, but it just seems to be something I've noticed. You start out as a grunt, then (if you get lucky) you get to have a team of your own grunts to look after and take care of. But that seems to be the case in virtually every organisation.
There doesn't seem to be a route for people who have no interest in leading a team. Whenever I go into a job interview and ask the generic, "how will my responsibilities evolve question" it always turns back to how they're trying to train someone to lead their other employees. It always seems to come back to managing other people.
Are their any fields out there where this isn't the case? I enjoy working with people, but I have no desire to have my own team or lead other people. It almost seems like organisations look down upon people who would openly admit that they're not interested in leading a team. Whatever happened to just enjoying the position you play?
Thanks guys
There doesn't seem to be a route for people who have no interest in leading a team. Whenever I go into a job interview and ask the generic, "how will my responsibilities evolve question" it always turns back to how they're trying to train someone to lead their other employees. It always seems to come back to managing other people.
Are their any fields out there where this isn't the case? I enjoy working with people, but I have no desire to have my own team or lead other people. It almost seems like organisations look down upon people who would openly admit that they're not interested in leading a team. Whatever happened to just enjoying the position you play?
Thanks guys
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