Is anyone else not ambitious

[Petrolsmasher]

I have a good job that pays well and im only halfway through my career.

However ive just turned down a promotion as i cant be bothered with any more responsibility and cant be bothered doing interview etc.

Have i lost my ambition or are some people just happy to stay in a certain role for years and years. I feel like im getting lazier but at the same time i cant see the extra stress of a better role being worth the additional monry and im quite happy being 'mid range'

[Petrolsmasher]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

OP, if you took the promotion, and paid all the extra money that you don't really need into a pension, over and above any amount you pay now, you might have more stress now, but you might have been able to quit working completely a good few years earlier than you otherwise would.

but i may die before pension age, and rather than adding on 10 to 15 years in stress to retire 5 years earlier.

[Petrolsmasher]

at the moment the management is poor where i am, however the team i work with is awesome and the jobs good enough, plus its rare we have to even speak to management they leave us to crack on with our job.

[Petrolsmasher]

Samuel Bucket said:

Ambitious for what? I made great personal sacrifices in my late 20s for business. I made the money. But for what? I should have been more ambitious in my personal life.

If you read the first post its pretty obvious what im talking about as all the other posters managed to answer it.

[Petrolsmasher]

Samuel Bucket said:

Thought it was on point. But won't bother next time!

Just re read your message, i misread it my apologies, my bad im sorry.

[Petrolsmasher]

What put me off going for the promotion is due to a new pay scale coming in next year, it would take me 6 years to gain an extra 300 pound a month compared to my current salary.

I can make 275 of that 300 by doing one 12 hour shift at another site as a bank shift, so its so much easier to do that than it is to take on way more stress and responsibilities.