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Someone once told me that the easiest way to get a higher salary will always be to get a new job, and I believe this to be true - either your salary at your new
by vetler 14y ago
Someone once told me that the easiest way to get a higher salary will always be to get a new job, and I believe this to be true - either your salary at your new job will be higher, or your current employer will increase your salary to keep you since you have another job offer.
- praptak 14y ago> ... or your current employer will increase your salary to keep you since you have another job offer. Accepting a counter offer is almost never a good decision. The old employer is probably only buying time before replacing you. Even if this is not the case: You stay at a company that only pays you fair money when you threaten to leave. You look disloyal to the old company (see point 1, even if not now you might get fired later) and unreliable to the new one. It also perpetuates the "no raises, we'll just make a counteroffer if necessary" mindset which probably made you seek other job in the first place.
- potatolicious 14y ago> "The old employer is probably only buying time before replacing you." A bajillion times this. I've even had HR people admit it off the record that this effect exists and is extremely deliberate - i.e., they get direct instructions from management to "manage out" an employee.
- eru 14y agoI heard that reasoning, too. But couldn't it be still a good strategy? You accept the counteroffer, but go jobhunting again from a higher base.