Should you take a counteroffer?
Over the years, a few of our various friends have been in this position and have asked for our opinion as to what to do. Rob has always told them to never accept a counteroffer for the very reasons listed in this article.
Consider what may have prompted your boss to move so quickly to try to keep you. In most cases, employers extend counteroffers not because they suddenly realize an employee’s value to the company but instead because they fear the immediate disruption his or her departure will have on productivity.
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I wouldn’t accept a counter offer either. For the same reasons.
Usually, if I am ready for a change, I am ready for a change and I’m stepping out.
My parents used to tell us that if you work hard, you will work up the ranks. This is just not so anymore. If you want the top dog position you have to quit and then reapply for those top dog positions.
People don’t just recruit you anymore because you are good at what you do. You stay in your position if you are good at what you do. Productive at the same rate you started? Then there you stay!
If you want out, you quit. Get another degree. Then reapply for the better position. This is how you “compete” for the higher positions.
The only other way I think you can get the higher position, is by being the only one to stay when the rest of the department quits and leaves. That is when a business gets desperate and you get to do all the work. You probably won’t see an increase in pay though unless you fight for it.