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Making yourself indispensable is a great way to never get promoted.
I turned down the promotion they offered me. It was significantly more work, required me to come back to the office, and only offered a 10% pay raise. It doesn't matter where your "standing" in the company is - if you're indispensable, you can fight for good pay even outside of managerial roles.
As long as you can get constant raises who cares about a promotion? If you got your job nailed down so much you only need to work like 5 hours a week and from home while getting raises I would turn down any promotion.
Promotion are almost always a trap. If you want a better job change companies!
It looks good on your resume when you apply for the next company, and that's how you keep getting raises in today's business environment.
It's one good thing to have on a resume, sure, but another is the skillset itself. For example, I work with a highly specialized software, so I frequently get messaged with interview offers on LinkedIn because I show up every time employers search for that specific software.
More garbage advice from stemming from Reddit. This ain't how things actually work in a successful business.
People siloing themselves isn't a hallmark of a successful business. A successful business should be able to continue to function if someone gets hit by a bus.
I would hate to be this guys manager.
I would hate even more to be this guys coworker.
Sure, write all the tools and get everyone to use them. But then also document how they work and how to fix them and train others on how to do it. That’s a much more valuable employee imo.