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Interesting, as a manager I encourage my team to apply and bring me other offers. I will even help with some minor prep. If they come to me with a better offer
by lettergram 5y ago
Interesting, as a manager I encourage my team to apply and bring me other offers. I will even help with some minor prep. If they come to me with a better offer I’ll take it to my leadership and show their worth.
If they fail, they know I cared enough to assist and trust me and are happy for their job. If they succeed they get a raise, but are more likely to stay and work harder knowing they can trust me and can collaborate.
I don’t see the downside in engaging in this manner.
- californical 5y agoI have a manager with a similar attitude to you and I have to say — thanks for being that way. I don’t even care to go get other offers. I get double-digit raises annually and have an amazing team. As long as this manager is around, I feel happy about my work. You sound just as great! :)
- onion2k 5y agoIf someone on my team comes to me asking for help getting a new role, either in my team or externally, I've always been very happy to do what I can for them.
- imafish 5y agoBut if someone on your team is happy in their role but underpaid 10% compared to the market, you will not?
- onion2k 5y agoIf someone believes they're underpaid they can talk to me about that without needing to prove it by getting another offer. If they do get another offer it's unlikely that it'll be for exactly the same role, so it doesn't really show they're undervalued anyway.