Counter Offers |

Eight Reasons to Walk Away from Counteroffers:

1. You should be concerned any time it takes the threat of losing an employee for a company to offer a raise, promotion, etc.
   
   
2. Once your intention to resign has been announced, your loyalty will always be questioned; counteroffers do not change this fact.
   
   
3. Once the word gets out amongst your peers, you will never be viewed the same and will most often lose their respect if you accept a counteroffer.
   
   
4. Often counteroffers just buy time for an employer to find someone to take your place.
   
   
5. Remember your reasons for wanting to leave in the first place. Counteroffers are an immediate and temporary fix that make a situation seem improved. Has anything really changed?
   
   
6. Counteroffers are not a universal business practice. Most high quality companies refuse to play the game because they understand the temporary and coercive nature of such decisions.
   
   
7. What kind of company do you work for if you have to resign before they give you what you are worth?
   
   
8. Remember, counteroffers are made because of a resignation. They are not proactive business decisions by an employer to satisfy and retain valued employees.

How to Properly Handle a Counter Offer
First, relax and remember your reasons for looking at other opportunities in the first place, nothing has changed.

Secondly, don't make it emotional. Changing jobs is tough enough; don't allow an employer to make your decision to leave become personal.

Take away the emotion by having a professional resignation letter prepared and in your employer's hand when you give notice. Explain that the decision has been made, and that it is your desire to help make the transition as smooth as possible.

Now turn your focus towards your new career opportunity and don’t look back.