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Ten Reasons For
Not Accepting A Counteroffer
1.
What type of company do you work for if you have
to threaten to resign before they give you what
you are worth?
2.
From where is the money for the counteroffer
coming? Is
it your next raise early? (All companies
have strict wage and salary guidelines which must
be followed.)
3.
Your
company will immediately start looking for a new person
at a lower salary price.
4.
You have now made your employer aware that you
are unhappy From this day on, your loyalty will always
be in question.
5.
When
promotion time comes around, your employer will remember
who was loyal, and who wasn't.
6.
When
times get tough, your employer will begin the cutback
with you.
7.
The
same circumstances that now cause you to consider a
change will repeat themselves in the future, even if you
accept a counteroffer.
8.
Statistics show that if you accept a counteroffer, the
probability of voluntarily leaving in six months or
being let go
within one year is extremely high.
9.
Accepting a counteroffer is an insult to your
intelligence and a blow to your personal pride, knowing
that you were
bought.
10.
Once the word gets out, the relationship that you
now enjoy with your co-workers will never be the same.
You will
lose the personal satisfaction of peer group acceptance.
Accept the counteroffer
only if you can answer "no" to all the following:
1.
Did I make the right decision to seek other
employment because I felt a new environment would
provide me with the
opportunity to enhance my career?
2.
If I decide to stay after giving notice, will my
loyalty be suspect and will that affect my chance for
advancement in the
future?
3.
If my
loyalty is questioned, is there the possibility that I
will be an early layoff or be terminated if
business slows
down?
4.
Is
the raise they're offering me to stay just my annual
review coming early?
5.
The
raise I was offered is above the guidelines for my job.
Does this mean they are "buying time"
until a replacement
can be found within the acceptable compensation
guidelines for my job?
6. I got the counteroffer because I resigned.
Will I always
have to threaten to quit each time I want to advance?
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