/u/Allimack I guess I perceive it to be a disaster and a huge mistake, because I know what this kind of job entails, having had a similar one last year, and I know I'm not cut out for management.

My boss last year was awful and unsupportive (unlike prior ones I had) but one thing he said, which I agree with, is that people need to know their ceilings. He talked about people suggesting he take an even higher role than he had, but said he there's a lot of things about that higher role he would knows nothing about, and probably wouldn't be successful with.

He said I had "great abilities" in my lower level, individual contributor role, but just wasn't cut out to manage people. I'm not. The seven months I spent in that kind of job last year were hell from beginning to end.

He said I had "great abilities" in my lower level, individual contributor role, but just wasn't cut out to manage people. I'm not. The seven months I spent in that kind of job last year was hell from beginning to end.

And my wife is going to set her career back years, in terms of salary, starting off somewhere new. Our combined income is likely to be less there than it is here.

We could find another apartment locally, even within our same complex, if we could get our jobs back. That is a big if.

I would have a tarnished professional reputation, which is a big concern, and fewer options for references. None of that is good, but there's no good to be found here.