Counter offer

[Spoonfulofvodka]

Any tales from those who have accepted a counter offer after handing in your resignation and not lived to regret it?

AIBU to consider accepting the counter offer? The statistics are against doing so, however it comes with a large bonus that would help me and DP out.

Anybody not accepted a counter offer and regretted it?

It depends why you're planning to leave / why you were job searching.

Not done what you have said
but look at why your leaving is it money? Workload? Culture?

money- then it’s fixed by the counter offer

anything else it’s tricky

I left an organisation for more money even though I really loved the people and culture. After a year at the ‘new place’ I hated the slow pace and actually managed to get my old job back

sometimes the environment of a place to work is worth staying and if they are offering more money then that’s great but if it’s something more about the job or the people making you want to leave more money won’t solve that

I’ve done it - as pp says it depends on why you were leaving. I felt I was underpaid and wasn’t getting recognition for doing work that was above my job title. They matched the money from my job offer and gave me a promotion. If they’d just offered the money, even if they’d offered a bit more than the new job, I wouldn’t have taken it because that wouldn’t have fixed all the things I was unhappy about.

What do you mean by the statistics being against you - is this something a recruiter has told you? If so please do remember that recruiters are working for their commission and have a vested interest in you taking the new job! (Not to criticise recruiters, I’ve worked with some really good ones, but they’re not the people you should turn to for advice on this)

Well, it's more due to career progression opportunities and money I suppose. The one without a bonus is more flexible, both local though with around a circa 30 min commute each.
I do know people that work at the new job as the field is small so not worried about the culture but equally like my colleagues where I am.

By statistics, I meant apparently (according to the highly reliable source of google!) 80% of those who accept a counter offer, leave within 6 months and 90% within a year, or something like that. Just wondered if anybody had been in that position and ever regretted staying.

No regrets with staying? Did anything change? Been there just under 2 years now and wonder if anything will change as they've offered me a better position to stay.

So it sounds like you want to progress and can’t they want to give you more money
whilst that would be fine for some if your driver is to progress then money won’t satisfy that

My colleague has stayed after resigning and getting a counter offer. He didn't really want to leave though but he knew he was underpaid. I'm really pleased for him and this was nearly a year ago. As far as I know he has no plans to leave at the moment.

That's good to hear, thank you