Comments on: 10 Reasons I Won’t Accept a Job Counter Offer http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/ Wise Choices. Improved Finances. A Better Life. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:23:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Should I Accept a Counter Offer? http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-1879 Should I Accept a Counter Offer? Thu, 15 May 2008 13:05:31 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-1879 [...] 10 Reasons I Won’t Accept a Job Counter Offer by Ron @ The Wisdom Journal. Ron has a lot of professional experience and his thoughts are extremely well presented in this article. I met Ron a couple days before I resigned and we talked about a few of these topics. Talking with him in person really helped solidify my decision. [...] [...] 10 Reasons I Won’t Accept a Job Counter Offer by Ron @ The Wisdom Journal. Ron has a lot of professional experience and his thoughts are extremely well presented in this article. I met Ron a couple days before I resigned and we talked about a few of these topics. Talking with him in person really helped solidify my decision. [...]

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]]> By: Patrick http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-429 Patrick Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:44:25 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-429 Ron, this is great advice. I am hoping to receive a new offer soon, and I am sure they will try this trick on me. I know I won't fall for it! The reason I am looking for new employment is not just the money, but about a dozen other reasons. And the reasons I wouldn't stay re well outlined above. Great article. :) Ron, this is great advice. I am hoping to receive a new offer soon, and I am sure they will try this trick on me. I know I won’t fall for it! The reason I am looking for new employment is not just the money, but about a dozen other reasons. And the reasons I wouldn’t stay re well outlined above. Great article. :)

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]]> By: Ron http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-293 Ron Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:34:45 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-293 @ Mrs. M Hey thanks for stopping by. I would have been happy to stay for a couple of weeks but I was asked to put my plans (and life!) on hold for 6+ weeks. Two or three I could have lived with, but six??? I've stayed in touch since then and don't think I burned a bridge because I helped train my replacement. The last time I checked, he was doing fabulous and had taken a lateral move into sales and had become one of the company's top salesmen. @ Mrs. M
Hey thanks for stopping by.
I would have been happy to stay for a couple of weeks but I was asked to put my plans (and life!) on hold for 6+ weeks. Two or three I could have lived with, but six???

I’ve stayed in touch since then and don’t think I burned a bridge because I helped train my replacement. The last time I checked, he was doing fabulous and had taken a lateral move into sales and had become one of the company’s top salesmen.

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]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-287 Mrs. Micah Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:57:49 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-287 Unless it was a common practice in my field, I couldn't imagine staying in a place after I'd almost left it. I feel like it'd get very awkward around my boss, I'd have to go to new lengths to rebuild trust, I'd be worried they'd fire me...all things you mentioned. As for the vacation, I did postpone my leaving beyond when I had to at the last job (I gave them 3 weeks notice) because one of those weeks was my boss's vacation. As the only other person in the office, I knew she'd need me to cover for her. And she might have needed time to find a newer person. And that newer person couldn't have covered because they wouldn't know everything I did. I tried not to burn bridges I didn't have to. Unless it was a common practice in my field, I couldn’t imagine staying in a place after I’d almost left it. I feel like it’d get very awkward around my boss, I’d have to go to new lengths to rebuild trust, I’d be worried they’d fire me…all things you mentioned.

As for the vacation, I did postpone my leaving beyond when I had to at the last job (I gave them 3 weeks notice) because one of those weeks was my boss’s vacation. As the only other person in the office, I knew she’d need me to cover for her. And she might have needed time to find a newer person. And that newer person couldn’t have covered because they wouldn’t know everything I did. I tried not to burn bridges I didn’t have to.

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]]> By: Four Pillars http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-278 Four Pillars Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:45:30 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-reasons-i-wont-accept-a-job-counter-offer/#comment-278 Interesting thought. I guess an exception might be if you get another job offer for the specific purpose of getting a raise at your current job? I apply the same logic to mortgages - I let my last institution get the first chance for my business (and they blew it) so I went elsewhere. I'm sure that once I had the other offer ready they would have matched it. By the way - the first comment (Allen Taylor) is spam - I've seen the exact same comment on several blogs with either the investerworld link or a debt company. Mike Interesting thought. I guess an exception might be if you get another job offer for the specific purpose of getting a raise at your current job?

I apply the same logic to mortgages - I let my last institution get the first chance for my business (and they blew it) so I went elsewhere. I’m sure that once I had the other offer ready they would have matched it.

By the way - the first comment (Allen Taylor) is spam - I’ve seen the exact same comment on several blogs with either the investerworld link or a debt company.

Mike

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