So I created wealth at one time, got promoted, and create wealth no longer. Odd that I am better-off after the promotion. A real head-scratcher.
You created wealth when you actually made things. Each individual “widget” may not have much intrinsic value but in the aggregate that was real wealth. When you got promoted your services were perhaps deemed more valuable to your company as a whole. But you are still piggybacking on those who are still making the “widgets”. No “widgets”, no job for you.