re: How to leverage new job offer for raise/benefits at current job?

We are both willing for her to walk. No doubt about that. As things are she'd probably take the job for 5k less due to work environment and the big name of the place she'd work.

But she's probably guaranteed 2k raise after her review, and can maybe push that to 5k+ (she's already voiced concerns about her pay and management agreed, but said they couldn't do anything until her yearly review...which they are now slow playing). So now we are talking possibly a 10k loss to walk away and that's harder.