How to deal with a counter-offer
You may get a counter offer from the company you are leaving so it's best to consider this in advance. In more than 80% of cases, candidates who accept a counter offer still leave within the next 12 months.
There are numerous reasons why accepting a counter offer can be a mistake, including how staying might affect the way you are perceived. Colleagues might wonder if you are to be trusted – proving your loyalty is very difficult once you have resigned. And remember, if you are worth the value of the counter offer, perhaps that is what you should have been rewarded with anyway?
Hence the importance of thoroughly exploring options with your current employer before you begin to look outside – what they have presented as a counter offer may have been available all along, just waiting for you to push the button.
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