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 Why are you now so valuable that your current employer is now
offering you more pay, more vacation, more responsibility, more
anything in order to ensure that you will stay?
Why did you have to threaten to leave to acquire the things your
current employer is so ready to give you now?
Where did the money come from to give you more compensation and
who will be affected by the possible absence of those funds?
How will this affect you and your role in your current firm in the
future?
When an employee resigns, it is a direct reflection of his/her boss
(http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/21-16.shtml). So the boss will
pull out all the stops to try and convince the employee to stay.
Remember the reason(s) that you accepted another offer in the first
place. Most likely those reason(s) still exist, even if you are
being offered more compensation.
If you need further convincing that taking a counteroffer is not a
good decision, scan through the reasons below to find all the
potholes along the road of possibly accepting a counteroffer:
1. Its a tactic commonly used by employers to buy them some time,
in order to replace you in their own timetable. Management training
in this area is extensive.
2. Your employer will now question your loyalty, which can affect
future raises, promotions, bonuses, etc. Your loyalty could also
come into question if the company is making reductions in staff or
cutbacks, which could possibly leave you without a job. And if word
gets out to your fellow employees, you could lose their trust and
possibly even good working relations.
3. Studies have shown that if you accept a counteroffer, the
probability of you leaving within one year is very high. (http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/negotiate/19990601-baty.html).
4. Remember that regardless of any change in compensation, the
reasons for your desired interest in new opportunities most likely
still exist.
Beware the Counteroffer - Intro
Beware the Counteroffer - What Changed?
Beware the Counteroffer -
Negative
Consequences to Accepting a Counteroffer
Beware the Counteroffer -
Counteroffer
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