Originally posted by sonickteam4:You should consider buying a handgun. A big pistol. A hand cannon, like a Desert Eagle. Aim it at your current bosses thorax and say the following, "Go ahead, match their pay."
If you really really hated your job, almost everything about it, and finally you get a new job, for a small pay increase. and when you told your old job the news of your departure, they asked how much you would be making at the new place. When you decided to lie and tell them $10K MORE than you were actually hired at the new place for so they wouldnt try to match, they matched that number for you to stay….what would you do?
What would you do?
Originally posted by Miss MArKiE?:i think we thought of this and she decided she didnt want this new employer to think she was playing games trying to get more money.
Didnt this situation crop up on the board before?
Didn't the person tell the new employer about the counter offer, and then didn't the new employer match it? I dont think it would hurt to be semi-honest with the future employer.
"I really want this new job, but my old employer has offered me $XXX"
she's decided to take the new job. for now….
Originally posted by El Tee:ted leo it is, we'll definitely be down for that one.
Um, yeah, so tell her fish-n-chips & drinks in two weeks to celebrate? Right on time for oh, I dunno, Ted Leo? ;)
New job. For all the reasons stated. It is golden handcuffs to get that raise. If she complains, they will constantly use that against her, and nothing that were the root causes for leaving (since the other place was about equal pay that is not the reason) are not addressed.
Originally posted by sonickteam4:She's buying right? ;)
Originally posted by El Tee:ted leo it is, we'll definitely be down for that one.
Um, yeah, so tell her fish-n-chips & drinks in two weeks to celebrate? Right on time for oh, I dunno, Ted Leo? ;)
Counteroffers RARELY ever work, and usually employees end up leaving after 4-6 months anyway after taking it and staying.
It's not worth it, leave. The only way I would take a counter-offer (and I have been offered them in the past) is if I wasn't really interested in leaving but just threw a resume out there and discovered someone wanted to hire me for more money.
It's not worth it, leave. The only way I would take a counter-offer (and I have been offered them in the past) is if I wasn't really interested in leaving but just threw a resume out there and discovered someone wanted to hire me for more money.
I put forth the classic question:
If they now concider you worth that much more, why didn't they concider you worth it before? Pretty much they wanted you on the cheap as long as possible. Not a good employer.
If they now concider you worth that much more, why didn't they concider you worth it before? Pretty much they wanted you on the cheap as long as possible. Not a good employer.
Sir H there makes the best point though, have ta agree on that.
plus it's… consider :p
plus it's… consider :p