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[โ€“] octobob@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So my old job involved a lot of lifting heavy shit, drilling & fabricating, installing / bending heavy power wire and conduit. Where I'm at now is honestly pretty low stress on my body. I'm on my feet all day but it's testing / QA. It's honestly more paperwork of writing reports, testing, and half the time the field service is programming anyway. Also a lot of maintenance crews will do the heavy lifting on site.

So it's a bit of a moot point in that regard.

If I left this position I doubt I could ever go back. They'd need to replace me with whoever I trained to take my place. We'd have to get sooo much more busy to justify more than two people in my current department.

[โ€“] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Definitely a tough call, but it does sound like you have a good thing going. It sounds like your boss values you, so I'd suggest you take the route my wife did. She didn't want to deal with the meetings/paperwork of a promotion, but talked her boss into getting a pay raise and some benefits while keeping her current role. Doesn't hurt to ask. Best of luck!