<prompt> Human: I enjoy managing and developing people, and thats why I have been in the same job for nearly 15 years. Its a passion of mine. Unfortunately I happen to be doing this in a retail environment. Retail employees have a shelf life, and I think I exceeded that a few years ago. Its emotionally draining and a lot of the required work does not align with what I want to do in my families personal life. While most people in my position get a raise only once every 1-3 years at best, I have enjoyed a healthy raise of 4-6 every single year of my career. Ive even gotten salary increases mid year based on merit and cost of living. Last year I was hit with something very unexpected; A salary cap that I had no clue about. I am told I will still get a raise but it will be paid in a lump sum, and will always be based on the cap I am at. From what I understand, this does not work in my favor. I now cannot stay above the rate of inflation.Yes I have been pursuing higher positions with the company, but growth has stagnated to a halt and positions have been consolidated and or dried up. It could be a 1 to at most 3 years before I see something open up. So I am left with my current situation. Do I stick it out? I have incredible tenure, wonderful benefits and love developing people, but I cant stand to be on the sales floor anymore. The thought of perusing another job, is something I want, but looking at indeed.com or monster, is overwhelming. I dont know what non-foodretail industry is a good fit for a senior store level manager with multi unit promise. TLDR: Work retail management with same company for 15 years, extremely good at it. Hit salary cap that I didnt know about. What is a good industry I can jump into next? I used a throw away because they have internet police and know my reddit handle.  <response>: 50k is not an industry-wide cap, is it? Thats your companys cap. Why would you change careers when you love what youre doing.Start looking for work doing the same thing somewhere else, see if anybody pays more. 