Considering switching jobs for a higher salary and better career prospects? Worried about how it will affect your current employer?
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Have you recently received a tempting job offer after negotiating a higher salary with your current company? Are you contemplating accepting the new offer despite already accepting a counteroffer from your current employer?
Here are some key points to consider before making your decision:
Salary and Benefits:
– Compare the new offer’s salary and sign-on bonus to your current compensation package.
– Consider any additional benefits or perks that come with the new job.
Career Growth:
– Evaluate the potential for career advancement and the opportunity to take on a management role at both companies.
– Determine which opportunity aligns better with your long-term career goals.
Company Perception:
– Think about how your decision may impact your relationship with your current employer and colleagues.
– Consider how leaving shortly after accepting a counteroffer may affect your reputation in the industry.
In conclusion, carefully weigh the pros and cons of each option before making a final decision. Ultimately, choose the path that aligns best with your career goals and personal values. Remember, it’s crucial to prioritize your professional growth and happiness.
It will look like you need a job with solid and stable career progression that your current one cannot offer you at this time, regardless of pay.
If you remember anything from this job market it’s that companies are rarely loyal to their employees. Never question yourself for doing what’s best for you.
Good luck!
It’s fine if you take it. Nothing wrong at all with improving your situation. But I sure wouldn’t try to renegotiate a second time at your current company. You gotta pick one company or the other at this point.
This is why as a hiring manager I do not match offers. I always wish the recipient well but I won’t get into a bidding war on a replaceable resource.Â
We’re all replaceable.Â
How well do you know this company? Is it toxic? Better to know the devil you know, than the devil you don’t.
I jumped to a new employer and instantly regretted it. I got a $20k pay rise but lost it after 3months. 11 months unemployed.
They can’t get anyone else so they’ve come back. I’d be skeptical – good employers are in demand
Unfortunately, your company will drop you in an instant if it means saving them profitability, so don’t feel bad about doing the same thing.
You have to look out for yourself and do what is best for you. Don’t worry about how it looks to your current company. Anyone else would else would go with the better opportunity and can’t blame you. If they sat otherwise they are lying
Take the new Job! As someone who has been a headhunter for roles ranging from Entry to C-Suite, general rule of thumb – never take a counter-offer, you’ll be the first person on the chopping block when times get tough. The fact that you get a second swing at this with extra compensation – icing on the cake!
Also, why are you so worried about what your current company thinks? The “real connections“ you made at the company, the ones who will be part of your professional network for years to come, they’ll be happy for you.
Good luck!
You are selling hours of your life for money to live. Don’t sell them at a discount.
Once you have made the mental decision to look for a new job, interview and then receive an offer…. It is hard to re-engage with your current role just for a little extra money.
There were reasons you started looking. Those reasons will still exist at your current employer. Will a little extra money make them easier to handle? No, because that little extra soon becomes normal.
Your new role offers an opportunity for a clean slate of connections and motivations. A fresh start. And with the fact they came back and offered you even more…. They want you.
When I have seen people decide to stay (done so myself once), they have all left within 6-12 months. Or at least changed teams/roles internally. For me, the reasons I started looking for a new role, never went away with the counter offer – as the reasons were culture and leadership, not money.
New company
The company would likely fire/replace you if they could save that amount.
Why should you not take the money?
Your employer pays for the work you do, not your loyalty.
If you get a better offer, jump ship!
It’s your career, do what is best for you. If you died tomorrow somebody would be at your desk in a few weeks time. Always be respectful and honest but don’t assume that a business has any loyalty to you, as often they don’t.
If you were worth that to your current company they would have given it to you.
You’re never worth more than you are to your next employer. It’s unfortunate but always seems to be true.
Your current company would let you go in a heartbeat if they thought they could save $5k. Ask yourself why they didn’t give you that money before if they thought you were worth it.
Take the better job offer. It makes no difference. Current company will find someone to replace you in a few weeks and you’ll be off to greener pastures
It will hurt if you are considering a boomerang in the near term while the current mid mgmt is in place.
I would call the new company back and say +25k and it’s a yes. See what they do, take the money.
Take that new job and don’t feel bad. You need to do what is the best for you. It’s business and nothing personal.
Just ask yourself what your boss would do if he could find employees for half the price right now. You would be thrown out on the street on false pretexts within 5 minutes of him learning that. Beleive me. You don’t owe anything to your actual boss. You worked, they paid you. And if they paid you more money it’s because they make tons of money out of you. You don’t owe anything. I have been a boss in 300 employees shops for 40 years now and I always told my employees that they don’t owe me anything. You want to go, good for you and good luck I used to say.
Burn tires leaving your current jobs parking lot!!
If you keep playing the game of offer and counter offer with these two employers eventually you will alienate both of them. Leave already.