Do you prefer growth or status quo

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And if so why?

I have a good role I love but not much growth room so a bit bored. Would you move to a growth role which you could hate or fail at?
would you risk it?

Depends. Is the new role in the same organisation or would you have to move completely? Do you have any accrued benefits of staying put, eg pension, length of service etc that you would be unlikely to find elsewhere and would lose if you moved? Benefits of new role: more money? Better perks? Etc etc.

Same org so no problems losing any benefits.
Step up, new learning, maybe more money, less bored 🥱

Status quo! I work my hours and switch off totally when not at work, I have occasionally stressful few days maybe but overall no stress I do my work plan it my way and go home

I have no desire for anything else

This is the same for me.

But I have been more focused on growth at different times in my career.

I think it can depend on stage of life/finances, goals...all sorts of factors!

40, reasonable level/ salary, I could leave it and be 80% happy.
I have moved roles before and been very unhappy which is clouding my judgement I think.

I don’t know why you’re asking on here OP. Everybody here hates work and progression.

Why I’m not sure when you spend such large chunk of your life at work, but that’s MN for you

My DC are heading towards teenagedom and as a result I am becoming less hands on and more background guidance. I feel I have something work-wise left in the tank, but health is having an impact on why I am not going for it and doing status quo at the moment.

Growth. I wish I could be happy with status quo because growth is stressful, but I always feel like I need to be growing/achieving/working towards something.

I think you need to try growth sometimes to test where your limit is. I recently turned down a promotion because my emotional bucket is full at home with caring responsibilities and delights of menopause. I’m bored stiff at work but it pays well with huge flexibility so I’m just enjoying the lack of stress, I’ve previously been pushed to my limit in a job at same place so I’m grateful to have moved sideways out of that one!

Growth and larger salary every time. Why wouldn't you? It enables you to give your family a better standard of living, save for your future and have more enjoyment at work.

That's quite some generalisation there.

Because once you go over 100k you pay 62% tax, and sometimes the stress of high earning / responsibility roles isn't worth it.

Also MD and board level roles are about managing people, meeting other companies to win business, rather than the day to day role most do. It's a complete step change, and you can't really switch off. "Higher pay every time" comes at a price...

Thanks ladies
I do think I'd love the role however I am scared of all the stepup things mentioned

It depends what you mean by the terms.
My job is ostensibly the same as it's always been - developing scientific software. I've eschewed management positions because I like technical work and hate meetings, and also because of location (I'm in the U.K., the rest of the team is in the US). But I've had to continually learn and develop my skills.

Sounds like in your position you're ready for a change and up for a bit of a challenge. It's really down to whether the role you can go for now is the right one for you, which is of course hard to tell. Some companies it's too much about personalities and politics rather than your innate ability. The other question is whether, if it doesn't work out, you're in a field where it's reasonably easy to find alternative jobs.