[s_morrison57]

40% more of a base salary, that would clinch the deal for me, I've had counter offers before and never took them. My thought was if I'm such a valued person then why did it take my quitting to show this, thanks but no thanks.
I had a contract once and was told that the client was going to steal one of my employee's, these guys were kinda laughing about it, "ya we're gonna take Godfrey away from you, we're going to pay him 100/day (this is the 3rd world and 100/day is 4 times the average) I told them they could try but I don't think its going to happen cause I pay him 200/day. their smiles were gone and we were the ones laughing. 12 years later Godfrey still works for me at 325/day, he makes the yearly average for wages every month, he's not going anywhere.
Money talks, I'd jump all over that 40% increase in a heartbeat.
Finn