780
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 171 points 7 months ago

Don’t go back on your intent to leave for a better job. Some employers will see you as disloyal if you take the raise and stay. You’re usually better off leaving anyway.

[-] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 101 points 7 months ago

There is rarely a situation where you should allow your employer to match the offer you have in hand.

They had the opportunity to do so and then failed to properly retain you. If they realize how much losing you will cost them in productivity, that's on them, not you.

It's not personal. It's literally business.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

You could try negotiating regular pay raises, start with a match and require 5% per year after that.

[-] JDubbleu@programming.dev 5 points 7 months ago

If they ain't paying you enough to stay they're highly unlikely to honor the idea of regular raises. They've already shown they're willing to low ball you if they can get away with it so fuck taking the risk of staying.

[-] iyaerP@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago

Yup. You're liable to be downsized in a couple months anyway.

[-] designatedhacker@lemm.ee 31 points 7 months ago

If you take the raise and stay, you're now a bigger number on the same asshole bean counter's spreadsheet. Maybe the biggest in your role. That's not a long term move.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Being the highest paid is always the best move.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Highest-paid-off is first laid-off.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

This. My buddy/former manager accepted a counter offer and lasted less than 6 months before they fired him, and made his working life miserable during that time. Just reinforced the mentality in me to never trust the counter offer of a place I already want to leave.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

Yep. Soon as you commit to looking, you commit to leaving.

I told my last supervisor about every interview I was on; how it went, what I thought, etc. After a year I left abruptly (ie the pace at which they'd fire me). They were surprised, even after I'd been telling my supe about my hunting for a year.

this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
780 points (99.0% liked)

A Boring Dystopia

9748 readers
273 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS