[Rick Lee]

I was in this boat about 8-9 yrs. ago, accepted the counter offer and it worked out very well for me. Boss gave me a 50% raise on the spot, retroactive to the first of that month and I had to agree to stay for the next 18 mos. I still work for him. Three others on my team have also been with him for about the same amount of time. We're sort of the old cadre and are all close friends with the boss.

However, we just got a new comp plan last week, retroactive to Jan. 1 (such BS) and it's a huge commission cut. My boss and those from other teams know they will be losing a lot of people now. It's just a matter of how quickly others can find jobs. So they're scrambling to get the big boss to change things back to the old plan, which I can't see happening. It's going to get very interesting very soon. I'll be curious to see if managers will be able to customize comp. plans for those who threaten to leave, since we're all pretty much paid the same way. Two folks on my team came right out and said on a conf. call they'd be looking elsewhere. The managers have to know everyone else is thinking the same thing. I just need to find a better job before I give any kind of ultimatum.