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Should I take a counter offer from my company?
I recently was contacted by a different company for an interview and they extended an offer for a new job. This job has decent benefits, but its with a smaller company than i am with at the moment. The offer would give me a pretty big raise from what I am at right now. There has been talk that the new company has a possibility of closing or being bought out in the near future.
The reasons I have entertained this offer is for two reasons, one being what I am being paid now and the feeling that I can earn more. Two, there is currently a disruptive co-worker who works beside me and has made the job feel stressful every day I come in.
After I discussed that I have an offer from a different company, obviously my current company decided to make me a counter offer. Their counter, will give me a higher pay than what I would get at the new company and more vacation time than what I would get at the new company. On top of that, there have been multiple HR complaints about this one employee and they are correcting the situation by moving her to a different area in the office away from people. On top of that my current company has told me the plan for moving me into a manager type role in the near future.
Ultimately, I plan on leaving the field I currently am in, in about 2 years. So would taking the offer be worth it especially if I get management experience along with it? Or should I take the offer from the new company and start from the bottom?
5 Answers
- ALv 75 years ago
First, never let a co-worker factor into your decision, for all you know she could quit or be fired tomorrow or you could end up with one like her or worse at the new company. Since the new company sounds like it may be undergoing changes you would be low on the totem pole if they cut headcount, I would stay where you are, more money, more vacation, stability and a chance to move up
- Steve DLv 75 years ago
Almost a no-brainer - stay. You are getting more money, developmental help for your career and loosing a major stressor (who knows, the new company could have someone just like you current co-worker).
- ?Lv 75 years ago
Stay with your old company. They increased your wages and benefits, you know how to play the game there... stick around for the next year or two...
- vulcan_alexLv 75 years ago
Stay were you are, you get better pay, more security, and a better future to boot. Pretty simple.