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Accepting a counter offer?
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:38 am
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:38 am
I got a job offer for a new company and my current employer is trying to counter their offer to get me to stay.
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.
Both offers are better than my current salary and incentive package.
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.
Both offers are better than my current salary and incentive package.
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Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:39 am to texasmason
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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
If your company and/or boss takes business personal you want to take the new job anyway.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:41 am to texasmason
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.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:41 am to texasmason
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?
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?
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:42 am to texasmason
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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.
Sounds like there are other companies that would likely give you a good shot on coming on board if you got let go from current position
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Both offers are better than my current salary and incentive package.
Why would you not take this if you are uneasy about current employment?
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:43 am to The Spleen
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.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:48 am to texasmason
If you expect something to "go wrong" in the near future with your current company, you should probably jump ship.
If you're happy with your current position and the issue was just pay/benefits, you should stay.
If you're happy with your current position and the issue was just pay/benefits, you should stay.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:50 am to texasmason
I accepted a counter once and regretted it. I was recently again in the same scenario and chose to leave.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:51 am to The Spleen
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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.
I get at least 3 LinkedIn messages a week. I haven't been looking to leave but I have interviewed and gotten 2 other offers. Neither were good enough to leave, but I didn't seek either of those.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:55 am to rebel cat
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Ask for a singing bonus.
He might not be a good singer.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 10:04 am to texasmason
LEAVE. If you work at a place where you felt under payed but felt so uncomfortable with management that you couldn't conversate about it then its time go anyway.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 10:09 am to texasmason
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.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 10:13 am to texasmason
If you accept the counter offer, they won't give you a raise the next 2 years.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 10:29 am to texasmason
I was once told when contemplating a counter offer, “the money will be different but the atmosphere will be the same if not worse”.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 10:40 am to texasmason
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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.
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.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 10:43 am to The Spleen
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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.
Spot on. Plus most people who take counters leave within a year anyway. Because mentally you’ve decided to leave.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 10:48 am to siliconvalleytiger
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Spot on. Plus most people who take counters leave within a year anyway. Because mentally you’ve decided to leave.
Yep. Counter offers are usually short term thinking to prevent the loss of productivity while a replacement is found.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 10:50 am to The Spleen
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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.
Damn, spleen, I didnt know you were this smart
Posted on 8/26/21 at 11:11 am to texasmason
I have done this twice in the 18 years I have been with my current company. Both times the job offers were unsolicited, never was I looking for a new job. Both times- went to my manager and told them I had an offer, that my preference would be to stay with my current employer, but would not be able to justify passing up the increased income the new offer would provide. Showed the offer letters to my manager both times. Was given counter offers that matched or surpassed the competing offer both times. just my experience, I am sure others have had a different experience.
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