re: Protocol for Job Offering/Opp to Match question

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If that person has another job offer and the company they currently works for is offended by the offer, why would they offer them more to buy time to replace them when they could just let the person take the other job? To let them stay around until they replace the person would cost them more.

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They'd do it so they don't have to work understaffed before filling the position. Giving someone a token raise for a month or two isn't very expensive, but working understaffed can be expensive in terms of productivity. You lose 100% of the value of that employee, whereas giving them a temporary raise until you replace them only costs 5-10% of the value of that employee. And they'd almost certainly replace her for less than they pay her now, so they'd save money in the long run.

They already fricked her over once and they will absolutely frick her over again if it's advantageous of them to do so.