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to change or not to change... |
| Message Name: |
Possible but Tread Carefully |
| Date Posted: |
03/08/2006 |
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i'm being a better job (more $ and higher position) with a competitorm firm. but i really like my current firm. is it a good idea to use this offer as leverage against your current firm in the aim of getting them to match the offer? does anyone have any experience as to whether this works or is it a bad idea? |
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A big part of the answer depends on how your relationship is with your superior(s), particularly someone that can get things done for you. When I was switching jobs and offered my resignation, my boss at the time inquired about making a counter offer.
You have to remember that everyone works for a living, so when you explain to someone who is reasonable that you happened into this offer and it would put you in a better position financially, it will be understood.
I had a frank discussion with my boss and explained quite honestly that it was with a somewhat heavy heart that I offered my resignation but I needed the money. My boss was a good man and a family man as well. He understood where I was coming from but when we laid out the numbers, he was forthright in offering that he just wouldn't be able to get into the same neighborhood as the offer. Bottom line is that we had a productive conversation and parted on good terms.
The most important thing is to frame the conversation in the right way so that it doesn't come off as coercion. Last thing that you want to do is leverage the offer to get more out of your current employer and then have them feel as though you backed them into a corner to blow their salary structure. If things slow down later on, that will bite you in the butt.
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