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Why you may want to
reconsider accepting Counter Offers |
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Ok, you went through the
interview process with your prospective new employer and have
given your notice to your current employer. NOW,
your boss wants you to stay and the company says that they will
give you a raise or some other incentive. Accepting this
type of counter offer is dangerous to your career. Here
are ten reasons why you should NOT accept the counter
offer:
1. What type of company do you work for if
you have to threaten to resign before they give you what you are
worth?
2. Where is the money for the counter
offer coming from? Is it your next raise early? All
companies have strict wage and salary guidelines which must be
followed.
3. Your company will immediately start
looking for a new person at a cheaper price.
4. You have now made your employer aware
that you are unhappy. From this day on your loyalty will
always be in question.
5. When promotion time comes around, your
employer will remember who was loyal, and who was not.
6. When times get tough, your employer
will begin the cutback with you.
7. The same circumstances that now cause
you to consider a change will repeat themselves in the future;
even if you accept a counter offer.
8. Statistics show that if you accept a
counter offer, the probability of voluntarily leaving in six
months or being let go within one year is extremely high.
9. Accepting a counter offer is an insult
to your intelligence and a blow to your personal pride, knowing
that you have been bought.
10. Once the word gets out the relationship you
now enjoy with your co-workers will never be the same. You
will lose the personal satisfaction of peer-group acceptance. |
