Is It Time To Resign
oday the days of staying time , so they do not have any
with a company for your impact financially.
entire career are really
gone! In fact, many companies You may also have made friends at
consider it an asset if you have this company and that makes it
had different experiences by even more difficult to resign,
working in different but you have to think about
environments. you-#1- because they certainly
will be thinking about themselves
You are making a change now at this point too!
because your position isn't
giving you what you feel that you Undoubtedly, they will be sorry
need to succeed- whether that is to lose you. If you were your
more $$$, more growth potential, boss, what would you be inclined
better benefits-whatever it is, to do if someone you valued
it is motivating you to make a resigned? You would probably try
change and you have decided to to keep them! It is going to be
resign. inconvenient for you to replace
them. They are probably
Nevertheless, your company has contributing to the companies
helped get you where you are sales/profits and possibly are
today- Confident to make a change involved in projects that could
to better yourself, but feeling a become delayed due to their
little uncomfortable about resignation….so, You make them a
resigning. After all, leaving a Counter Offer.
job is a problem for your present
employer. Now they have to try to Counter offers are made in a
find someone as good as you have variety of ways:
been for them, and get them to be
productive in a relatively short 1. "We were just planning on
giving you a raise. I guess I
should have told you sooner!" 1. Do I really want to work for a
company that will only give me
2. "We will match your new offer- what I want if I threaten to
We don't want to lose you!" quit? Am I going to have to do
this again down the road when
3. "Let's not move too quickly- things go back to normal?
let me talk to the owners and see
if we can do something to keep 2. If I do decide to stay, will
you" they trust me after I have gone
out on other interviews and
4. "How can you do this? We have expressed unhappiness with my
done so much for you and we current position?
really need you now!"
3. If they have to lay someone
As you can imagine, this can be off in the future, will they
very flattering, and it is proven think of me first?
that it is a natural instinct to
resist change, so your emotions 4. Is this really my next raise?
can really start fluctuating at When review time comes up later
this point. Remember though, in the year, will I be eligible
something made you go on other or not?
job interviews and even get to
the point that you accepted 5. Since they have to give me
another offer. What were the main more $$to stay, are they just
reasons that you got to that pacifying me and will replace me
point? Will that really change if with someone who would be happy
you decide to stay? with my current salary package?
Then they can let me go when they
Ask yourself these questions? have found that person!
lay him off since he had
I could go on and on, and let me expressed unhappiness with them
tell you I have heard many earlier in the year.
different stories over the years.
The bottom line is that accepting Luckily for him, he really had
a Counter Offer is almost 99% much to offer other companies and
always a MISTAKE! we were able to secure him an
offer almost as good as the one
I remember one case where my he had rejected. The only real
candidate had been interviewing issue was that he was unemployed
due to a lack of growth potential for about 9 months and that was a
at his current company. He hardship that he and his family
secured an excellent opportunity had to endure. He told me that he
at more $$, and also moved up one would never be "lazy enough to
level and had at least 2 more stay where he was and accept a
steps that were possible for counter offer again!" He really
growth over the next ten or so had to learn the hard way, so try
years. to learn from his mistake!
When he resigned, they hit him You need to end your relationship
with about every possible thing with your current company as
they could to keep him, and he professionally as you started it.
let his emotions rule his You should resign with a
decision and accepted their resignation letter in hand-
Counter Offer. It took about 9 stating your two weeks notice and
months, and I finally heard that your commitment to accepting your
he had been let go due to new position. Hopefully, your
reorganization in the department. company will be professional as
After we talked, he admitted that well and let you move ahead to
they told him that they chose to your new job…and retain the
relationships that you had with even great job for them. Accept
them. it as a compliment and move ahead
with the goal of being just as
The counter offer lets you know successful in your new job!
that you did a good, possibly
About the Author:
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