| 1. Question how much
the company actually values what you do. Would they have made the counter-offer if you
were not leaving? 2. From where is
the money for the counter-offer 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. Your loyalty will always be in
question in the future.
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. |
