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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. One or two bad, non-fireable subordinates who are toxic or malingerers and whose output you are responsible for will make your life awful. 
Bern there, done that. I quit for a job outside government at lower pay, just to stay alive.[/quote]

+1.  DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE the stress that comes with managing people.  You might get along with them all now, but as their supervisor you may/will see and learn about things you aren't aware of now as a peer.

I manage a team of 11.  People will bring you their personal problems and that can be very stressful: drinking/substance abuse problems, divorce, custody battles, internal politics/drama, and their expectations often do not align with their actual work or contributions in terms of promotion and career develop.  At any given moment I'd say 2 people on my team are going through personal drama which affects their work and 1 person that feels they should be promoted and are bitter that they haven't yet - and therefore are like a cancer on team morale at time.

There is NO, ZERO, ZIPPY way I would take on this stress, high pressure, fire drill ready, responsibility without a material increase in pay.  If you were 30yrs old and aspiring to SES than sure.  But you really do have the golden ticket... to be an individual contributor with the same pay.[/quote]

This is accurate in my experience as a GS15 supervisor. But I enjoy it![/quote]

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