re: Accepting a counter offer?

What spleen said. I also guarantee you that your bosses boss will always have the fact that you almost left in the back of their mind come promotion, lay offs etc.

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I'm of the opinion that you never take a counter offer. There's a reason you sought out another position, and if your current company didn't see your worth until you were ready to leave, they likely never will.

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Spot on. Plus most people who take counters leave within a year anyway. Because mentally you’ve decided to leave.

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I'm of the opinion that you never take a counter offer. There's a reason you sought out another position, and if your current company didn't see your worth until you were ready to leave, they likely never will.

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Damn, spleen, I didnt know you were this smart

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I'm of the opinion that you never take a counter offer. There's a reason you sought out another position, and if your current company didn't see your worth until you were ready to leave, they likely never will.

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this ^^^^^^^

if they treated you bad enough to look elsewhere then nothing will change if you stay. you get a raise or promotion to stay and then you will still get overlooked and treated badly from then on.

i would only accept a counter if they made part of the deal detailed structure so your reasons for leaving get resolved permanently.

i had an employer agree to match the pay but he balked at regular scheduled raises based on time i was there.

the main reason i left was new employees were hired at higher pay then me and his excuse was thats what they made at their last job BS. i was credited by my boss as the sole reason sales increased to over 1/4 million a year, yet my pay hadnt changed in 2 years.

the fact he couldnt commit to a set scale of getting a raise every year told me nothing would ever change there.

an employer either appreciates you and sees you are getting a revue and fairly compensated at regular intervals or they dont. if they dont then you have no real future there unless you like being under paid and under appreciated and not respected