An important corollary (learned painfully) is: Never take a counter-offer. There are reasons you went out into the world, found an alternative and decided to t

An important corollary (learned painfully) is: Never take a counter-offer. There are reasons you went out into the world, found an alternative and decided to take it. Even if money was part of the motivation, it's not the sole reason. Money can paper over those issues for a while, but they will come back.