Took a counteroffer eight months ago. Don't do what i did…
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Took a counteroffer eight months ago. Don't do what i did.
I know everyone says don't take counteroffers. I took one anyway. Here's the actual story.
Got an offer in January from another company, better title, more money, remote. I'd been at my current place three years and was just kind of. existing there. Not miserable, just not going anywhere. Told my manager i was leaving, she asked for 48 hours, they came back with a salary match plus a little extra and a verbal promise that a promotion conversation would happen in Q2.
I turned down the other offer. People here and in my personal life told me not to. I did it anyway becuase i wanted to believe the promotion was real and it felt like finally being seen after three years of putting in the work.
Q2 came. No promotion conversation. I asked about it, was told budget pushed it to Q4. Okay fine. Q4 comes, we have one vague conversation that goes nowhere, and then there's a reorg in November, my manager gets let go, my role gets absorbed into a bigger team and the whole promotion track just stops existing like it was never real to begin with.
I went and looked up the other company out of curiosity. They filled my role two weeks after i turned them down. Obviously.
I'm not even that mad about the reorg, that's just how it goes sometimes. What gets me is i think the promotion was never happening regardless. they gave me the raise becuase it was cheaper than backfilling me and easier than having a real conversation. the rest was just. words.
anyway. if you're sitting with a counteroffer right now, the money part is probably real. the rest of it, maybe think carefully about how many of those promises are actually in writing.
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I know everyone says don't take counteroffers. I took one anyway. Here's the actual story.
Got an offer in January from another company, better title, more money, remote. I'd been at my current place three years and was just kind of. existing there. Not miserable, just not going anywhere. Told my manager i was leaving, she asked for 48 hours, they came back with a salary match plus a little extra and a verbal promise that a promotion conversation would happen in Q2.
I turned down the other offer. People here and in my personal life told me not to. I did it anyway becuase i wanted to believe the promotion was real and it felt like finally being seen after three years of putting in the work.
Q2 came. No promotion conversation. I asked about it, was told budget pushed it to Q4. Okay fine. Q4 comes, we have one vague conversation that goes nowhere, and then there's a reorg in November, my manager gets let go, my role gets absorbed into a bigger team and the whole promotion track just stops existing like it was never real to begin with.
I went and looked up the other company out of curiosity. They filled my role two weeks after i turned them down. Obviously.
I'm not even that mad about the reorg, that's just how it goes sometimes. What gets me is i think the promotion was never happening regardless. they gave me the raise becuase it was cheaper than backfilling me and easier than having a real conversation. the rest was just. words.
anyway. if you're sitting with a counteroffer right now, the money part is probably real. the rest of it, maybe think carefully about how many of those promises are actually in writing.
#business
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