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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  DH has been pushing for me to gun for SES, which means I need more experience than my current role.  But last time I was on a high-pressure project, I was incredibly stressed and didn’t deal with it well.

The only reason I would want to make a move is because I don’t really like my current role.

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Why is he pushing? The money? How much does he make? If you get stressed by high-pressure projects, it doesn't seem worth it for you, and the SES role may have more of what you don't like. [/quote]
+1 It’s not like you’d make significantly more as an SES, and you lose some of your job protections if you go that route, so I’m curious why he’d be pushing you to do this. My SES manager is living the life “supervising” a small staff of high-performing attorneys, but she had a couple decades of absurdly stressful supervising situations before this, and she’s the only supervisor in our agency I’ve met that works a reasonable schedule.

I’ve loved being a non-supervisory 15 for all these years, but my work is admittedly interesting and fairly variable, so there are always new challenges.  If you are finding yourself not sufficiently challenged at work, I’d look for something more meaningful to do in your free time. [/quote]

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