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I suspect that "stay is bad" is propagated by headhunters, who have interest in candidates taking the offer and leaving the original company.
by WiSaGaN 4y ago
I suspect that "stay is bad" is propagated by headhunters, who have interest in candidates taking the offer and leaving the original company.
- mywittyname 4y agoProbably. I was told by a manager that HR has a difficult time figuring out salary levels for tech skills. And that an in-hand offer is very effective at convincing them, and upper management to approve a larger than normal pay increase. Worst case, they might just tell me to take it.
- willcipriano 4y agoI propagate it for game theory reasons. If people can be counteroffered easily there is no incentive for employers to give raises of their own accord, they can just wait until you have another offer in hand.
- LorenPechtel 4y agoThis. It's not about losing the job, it's about you just showed they don't need to offer raises to keep you.
- ruraljuror 4y agoWouldn’t employers be incentivized to give raises as soon as it was more cost efficient than counter offers?
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- alistairSH 4y agoI suspect some of "stay is bad" also comes from the employer end... even if you match an offer, is that employee likely to keep looking? They were unhappy enough to start looking - was compensation the only thing that bothered them? Probably not. May as well let them leave on their own, on good terms, and get a replacement ASAP.
- cloverich 4y agoIf that were the case, would they stay for the money when they already have the open door and the money at the new place? Most of the best employee's I've worked with interview regularly. If I managed such employees, I wouldn't consider it abnormal for them to do so.
- alistairSH 4y agoI expect my employees to look and interview. But, at some point, if somebody keeps coming back for counters, maybe it's time to let them go peacefully? Not sure, never had somebody do that to me, but have seen it on other teams.