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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
The only reason I would make a counter offer is to keep the employee around long enough to replace him, and only then if there is no way I can't get along without him for a few months. If my guy is unhappy with any part of our salary, benefits, corporate culture, working conditions etc and he hasn't talked to me about it, I'll assume he's always been looking for the place with the greenest grass and my shop was always just a stop on the way. I'll wish him good luck. And wave.
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I'm an IT director and work with lots of IT professionals. In my experience the few counter offers that I have seen offered never worked out in the long run. In a few months they were either shopping a new job or were trying to renegotiate for more money.
Once you give notice, you are gone.