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Does asking for a match imply that you are threatening to leave, though? It does seem like it, but I could definitely see it being framed as "here's the market

• throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  With a competent manager there should be no hard feelings when framed as a market adjustment. Competent managers know that employees become higher paid with time. It's up to them to decide whether or not to try and stick with an employee to delay hitting their "this is a big enough difference I should jump ship" amount or not. It's no different than a business telling a customer "listen, you're gonna have to pay more because I have other more valuable work I could be doing". The customer can pay more or they can go elsewhere.
  • anamax 5y ago
    > With a competent manager there should be no hard feelings when framed as a market adjustment. It's not "hard feelings", it's "Chris is more likely to leave than Pat."
• taylodl 5y ago
  In order to have an offer to match you had to go out and look for a job, interview, and get an offer. You're now going to be perceived as a flight risk. All you have to do is say 'yes' and you're gone. That's a threat, whether you intended it to be or not.
• warrenm 5y ago
  >Does asking for a match imply that you are threatening to leave, though? It absolutely means you're leaving If they match today, you've already telegraphed to them that you're not happy, and will leave as soon as you can You're going to be first on the chopping block for layoffs, last in line for promotional consideration, etc You're basically telling your employer "pay me more even though I'm not doing anything else for you"