How to hande a counter offer?

[Rick Lee]

It looked ok yesterday. I parked my 993 in the first visitor spot next to the door.

[rnln]

If current comany counter offer the high salary from company 2. Let him know, it can'thurt you. I doubt that tha second company can counter much more than the current company's counter offer. it it is much higher/better, you still can say sorry.

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I have an aggressive recruiter on me and one of the positions he wants me to apply for sounds promising. The other one is with a competitor, which I think is an unhealthy company and liable to be bought out by ours. Even if I broke the non-compete and current employer left me alone, I'd be in trouble if current employer buys them out.

Anyway, I have an interview with another place, totally outside my current line of work, but still in sales and with much, much more earning potential, even about 40% more of a base salary.

The recruiter just sent me a bunch of PDFs on how to resign and why to never entertain a counter offer. He wrote in the email that, if I would even consider a counter offer from my current employer, to call him right away. I find this a little troubling.

About 10 yrs. ago I took a great counter offer when I went to quit, it worked very well for me and I still work for the same guy. Although we're owned by a much larger company now, I have no reason to think he'd not make an attractive counter offer in good faith and not view me as a traitor if I were to accept.

I know this is all premature, but just wanted to know how the Pelican brain trust sees this stuff, as things could get moving quickly after tomorrow and I have a three week trip to Europe coming up soon too.

[rusnak]

Rick,

A few posts back you mentioned that the present company might not be around much longer. What do you have to lose by going for it? Push the new Co for a hard offer or forget it. Tell the headhunter guy to come up with more than shlocky slogans and fluff. Tell the old Co that you want more pay or you will be forced to look elsewhere.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by rusnak

Rick,

A few posts back you mentioned that the present company might not be around much longer. What do you have to lose by going for it? Push the new Co for a hard offer or forget it. Tell the headhunter guy to come up with more than shlocky slogans and fluff. Tell the old Co that you want more pay or you will be forced to look elsewhere.

That's a risky game. We all know each other in this business and they have to know I'm bound by a non-compete. Recruiter didn't care about that, but I bet the company would. And if we do acquire them, there's a good chance it'd get back to my boss what I was doing. Besides, I'm not prepared to really go to that company, so I can't bluff.