I put my resignation and my current company provided a counter offer. Counter offer matches salary with new company and also my current company told me they will start the green card processing immediately. I have another 3 years of time remaining in current H1B period and new company agreed to start after 1 year. The advantages of going to new company is I’ll get different exposure and learn new things, but couldn’t decide either to stay with counter offer or to leave because of green card processing, please suggest which is the best option to take. Current TC - 110K New TC - 140K
Don't take the counter. In general there's little reason to do so. Google it.
Join the new company for sure. Even if you stay, they'll think you're a flight risk
Leave for the new company !!!
You like your current job and you looked for outside just for TC bump and if current employer matches just stick with them..else move out.. normally don’t recommend to take the counter..
Move. You’ll be on the hook. Negotiate with new company to start the tc process right away.
Why did you start looking in the first place? Does 30k and a green card solve those concerns?
Ask them to GTFO.
Join new company , ask them that the current company countered offer with immediate GC.
During interview I talked with new company and they said that green card cannot be started early.
Everything is negotiable my friend, at the time of your interview your current company also didn’t want to start the gc process. Now they are offering more money + gc. There is literally nothing for you to loose.
Don’t take the counter this is a popular method to make sure the engine runs before they replace you. It costs them less to give you 30k increase then having a gap and then to spend 60k+ hiring new hc.
join new company... never fall for these, what happens if they didn’t start
Right here is the best answer. After you agree to stay, they may drag their feet on the GC. If it were a priority for them, they would have started on it before you threatened to leave. If you’re that close, I wouldn’t risk it. There’s no absolute guarantee the new company will play ball, either, but there’s far less reason to suspect the new company will fuck you over than the old one. The $30k/year seems largely irrelevant comparatively speaking.