Accepting a counter offer?

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Pretty sure if I accept the counter and if anything goes wrong I would be the first to be let go since they know I have already looked elsewhere

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If your company and/or boss takes business personal you want to take the new job anyway.

You have to man up and make your own decision instead of advice from message board people.

Why were you looking in the first place or did a recruiter contact you about the new opportunity?

Which option gives the best chance of advancement to meet your future goals?

Ask for a singing bonus.

I accepted a counter once and regretted it. I was recently again in the same scenario and chose to leave.

Think about why you wanted to leave in the first place. If it wasn't strictly about the money, you're better off taking the outside offer, because the original problem will still be there.

If you accept the counter offer, they won't give you a raise the next 2 years.

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Pretty sure if I accept the counter and if anything goes wrong I would be the first to be let go since they know I have already looked elsewhere.

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If this is in play then why is this whole thing a question? Leave.

But to be fair sometimes it takes that extra motivation for management to get their shite together to find the money for you. I don't think a blanket statement works in this situation, no one understands your company or situation more than you.

But yes if you want to be working on upward mobility then you need to be working at a place that values it and values someone always looking to work hard and move up. If they are going to be frustrated and treat you poorly then its not somewhere to be.

I went through the same thing a few months ago. Asked for a raise about a year ago, and it took them 5 or 6 months to give me what I considered a slap in the face raise under my former boss. We had a very uncomfortable talk about why that raise sucked. So I started looking and found a really appealing offer within a month or so.

I wouldn't have stuck around for a simple match if that was all they were willing to do. The money was only part of why I wasn't happy.

They ended up making a lot more concessions on other things. Our dept was severely short handed to the point I was working well over 60 hours a week, nights, weekends, vacations, sick days, and middle of the night. All of that while being underpaid. I didn't have any real leadership or assistance, and I wanted to work from home. They conceded on every bit of that.

Our CIO was hands on for the week I had submitted my resignation in trying to get me to stay. My gut feeling was that he was genuine in wanting me to stay and I was confident that they can't simply replace me without a lot of headache and problems. I'm replaceable, but not in a simple way at least. And it's a long time to get someone knowledgeable enough with what we do to do what I do as efficiently as I do it.

I read a lot of "do not accept counter offer" spiels online. Most were from recruiting sites who obviously never want a candidate to accept a counter offer because it spoils their commission. So it's bias opinions which are not valuable. My $.02 is gauge your position with the current company. If you feel like they're just trying to keep you around long enough to have redundancy with what you're doing, I'd move on. Otherwise, no harm in accepting a counter offer. You're aware of the risks and rewards of both options.

So only now, that you've informed them of your intent to leave did they decide to pay you what you're worth? Nah, I'd be out.

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Pretty sure if I accept the counter and if anything goes wrong I would be the first to be let go since they know I have already looked elsewhere.

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If they are making a counter offer, I doubt they want you gone. I've got co-workers who accepted counter offers, and they have no issues.