Counteroffers benefit the employer not you

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

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Fact: 70% of executives who accept a counteroffer are gone from that employer within 6 months.

Fact: 85% of executives who accept are gone within 18 months.


A counteroffer is an offer made by an employer in order to keep you on after you have given notice.
The most frequent counteroffers strategies include:

  1. a promise of a promotion and/or a raise (most frequent response)
  2. telling you are a traitor to the team or to your boss
  3. confiding to you that the company you are considering is not that well thought of (more…)
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