Dear J.T. & Dale: I have a new job offer in hand with a generous compensation package. My current employer would like to make me a counteroffer. Should I participate and share the compensation I’m being offered? Or, should I…
Dear J.T. & Dale: I have a new job offer in hand with a generous compensation package. My current employer would like to make me a counteroffer. Should I participate and share the compensation I’m being offered? Or, should I say it’s not negotiable and I’m moving on to a new organization? — Trina
J.T.: There are multiple studies that show if you negotiate with your current employer to stay, the likelihood is they will let you go within 18 months. Now that they know you wanted to leave and can only keep you by raising your pay, they feel held hostage. So, this usually leads to your eventual departure.
People are also reading… DALE: Not so fast. I understand the dangers of staying and thus planting the seed for future resentments, but what if you could negate that? The reason the seed of resentment is planted is because managers tend to think of their employees as a team or a family, and knowing you were sneaking behind their backs, looking for a new team/family becomes a nagging doubt about your loyalty.
Jeanine “J.T.” Tanner O’Donnell is a career coach and the founder of the leading career site www.workitdaily.com. Dale Dauten is founder of The Innovators’ Lab and author of a novel about HR, “The Weary Optimist.” Please visit them at jtanddale.com, where you can send questions via email, or write to them in care of King Features Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson.
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