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"(Another thing, NEVER accept a counter offer)" Over the years, I've heard this advice repeatedly, but with often wildly different reasons. I'm genuinely curio

• a3n 12y ago
  You already don't like working there. You may be able to identify one or two reasons, but in reality it's the whole mix. The only thing they can offer as a counter is money and a promotion. The promotion is just deck chair movement, and they can't possibly offer you enough money to make you insanely happy; even with the money, your future raises will very possibly be flattened until you're back where you were, relative to the market. And the people and policies and every other undefinable thing that went into your decision are still there. The managers may also be resentful and suspicious of you. Lose/lose.
• joshstrange 12y ago
  a3n pretty much said everything I was going to. I heard it from my dad originally and his reasoning was that if you aren't happy then a title change/money isn't going to fix that long-term. Also most people, myself included, are bad about letting that shit stew until it bubbles over and in my experience there is nothing that can be done to reverse that. Normally the trust is lost and can't be gained back and even it could your life will be magnitudes of times better to just move on from a toxic environment instead of trying to change the company you are currently at. The future consequences are also huge, you may no longer be seen as "team player" which can slow or halt your career, better to not take the chance and move on.