Ask for more! They've been paying you as little as they could get away with, and they're now realizing they underestimated. Ask them to significantly beat the o

Ask for more! They've been paying you as little as they could get away with, and they're now realizing they underestimated. Ask them to significantly beat the other offer to make up for the past underpaid years. If they're only willing to match it, they're still paying you as little as they have to. Take your allegiance elsewhere.