re: New job offer with 19% bump in salary. Same position with different company

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I’ll assume you’re not trolling because this isn’t the OT so I will explain it 

If the only reason my boss wants to pay me more is because someone else will then I’m not in a good position so I am going to take the new job. 


If an employee comes to me and says there is another company willing to pay them more so they want a raise, I won’t just make an offer because of that. We can discuss them taking on new responsibilities to earn more money or they can validate why they are worth more but I’m not just getting into a bidding war. 

At that point the employee is already mentally in another job and it sets a bad precedent

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On the other hand I know of cases where someone accepted a better offer elsewhere and when informing their superior of intentions to leave the superior has asked why. When given the reason that they received a better offer the superior's reply was I wish you would have came to me first because I would have tried to do what it would take to keep you.

Given that, your take is not always king.