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expiredeternity t1_iybbdb0 wrote

The counteroffer is to help THEM, not you. They will begin to look for a way to replace you eventually. HR has been put on notice that you are out there shopping around. Also consider that at the new job, you will be "starting" at this new salary, while your current job your earning potential might be at its end.

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ta_507john t1_iybfhpa wrote

That was my exact thought. Why would making a starting salary as a member of senior management be seen as a good thing?

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Logger351 t1_iybevkt wrote

Also note this isn’t always true. But what will happen is raises will be less frequent and less beneficial.

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brucecaboose t1_iydhpx9 wrote

Also not always true. A previous employer of mine just simply didn't know what sort of offers we could get at that time. I approached the owner of the company (and my boss, small company) with an offer from another company and said "I really don't want to leave, but they reached out to me to start interviewing and sent this offer. I like this place but can't pass up that difference, can we work something out?" And he looked at the offer and said "whoa, I didn't realize this is what other companies pay these days...." Then he beat the offer, and I still got our normal raises at the next review. I left there 2 years later and he told me that he knew I'd leave at some point but wanted to delay it as much as possible.

Some employers, especially small ones, are just completely clueless. Or he lied to me and knew all along but didn't want me to leave so was willing to eat the cost.

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chasingeli t1_iydpy8s wrote

Don’t sleep on this y’all; businesses that are more about handling their own than competing with rank or profit often will catch up every so often then go back to minding theirs.

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expiredeternity t1_iyey2tr wrote

That is exactly what I said. What do you call getting fewer raises and less beneficial?

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Ill_Gas8697 t1_iycz1o6 wrote

so is it bad to take the new offer to try and negotiate something better at your current company?

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