What if your manager counteroffers you?

Amazon
HAzq58

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HAzq58
Feb 6, 2019 31 Comments

When gave exit notice, and you are about to onboard to new company, your current manager wants to retain you and counteroffers, such as promotion or salary raise, what will you do?
Really hope to know what actual turn out is. Can Anyone experienced similar situations share some insight? Thanks!

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TOP 31 Comments
  • Never accept. If you deserved a raise or promo, you should have got it before. Not because of leaving.
    Feb 6, 2019 0
  • Splunk / Eng
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    I was reading recently that people that accept counter offers end up eventually leaving after 6-12 months on average.
    Feb 6, 2019 2
    • PayPal
      Your mom πŸ‘»

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      Your mom πŸ‘»
      Yup this was on a thread on Quora. Op : search for the topic on quora. There were some good opinions there ...
      Feb 6, 2019
    • Intel
      hulkhogan

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      hulkhogan
      They sometimes end up leaving because they are shown the door. The calculus here is that HR has already decided you are a flight risk but your role is critical, for now. They bump your salary for 6 months and extract knowledge from you, training juniors and such. After 6 months you can be downrated and let go for performance reasons. They can cite a variety of reasons especially since you already showed your hand. In the end, HR ends up saving money because they secured you for an extra 6-12 months at 1/3 the cost if you had never said anything.

      In general, always take your offer to leave. Get the counter offer in writing so if you ever come back you have it in writing that they were willing to pay you at a certain level.
      Feb 6, 2019
  • Never stay unless you are ready to threaten to leave every time you want a market competitive raise. Fuck them for making you do it in the first place.
    Feb 6, 2019 0
  • eBay
    OG πŸ’Ž

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    OG πŸ’Ž
    Never except, it’s like you spit on the road and lick it back.
    Feb 6, 2019 1
  • People leave for a reason. Does the counteroffer address your reasons?
    Feb 6, 2019 1