There are many possible reasons: 1.) Orions value rose because he is about to walk out the door with all sorts of important information in his head. Often time

There are many possible reasons: 1.) Orions value rose because he is about to walk out the door with all sorts of important information in his head. Often times, a counter offer is made to lessen the risk of information loss, with longer term plans to move Orion out of the company, or lessen his impact. 2.) His boss looks really bad if he quits, especially if he is a high performing employee. So the boss has every incentive to keep him on. 3.) Short term high profile project has a huge business cost if not completed, Orion is not worth that much, except for in the next few months