Top 10 Reasons to Decline a Counter Offer

  • What type of company do you work for if you have to threaten to resign before they give you what you are worth?
  • Where is the money for the counter offer coming from? Are they merely paying you your next raise early? All companies have strict salary guidelines which must be followed.
  • Your employer will immediately start looking for someone to fill your job at a cheaper price.
  • You have now made your employer aware that you are unhappy. From that day on, your loyalty will be in question.
  • When promotion time comes around, your boss will remember who has been loyal and who hasn’t.
  • When times get tough, the first cutback could be you.
  • The same circumstances that caused you to consider a new job will always repeat themselves in the future.
  • Statistics show that if you accept a counter offer, the probability of voluntarily leaving in six months or being let go within one year are extremely high.
  • The idea that you’ve been “bought” to stay on is insult to your intelligence and a blow to your personal pride.
  • Studies show that 80% of all employees who accept a counter offer are no longer with their employer after one year.