Leaving so soon?

Have you ever accepted a job that you thought was great and told your current boss your leaving and out of now where he says he will raise your salary by 5,000 if you stay and all of the sudden you turn around and tell the other guys "hey i like the job and all but I think I am going to stay with this company "Thanks but no thanks. While it may seem like a win initially at the end of the day it may be a loss for you.

Before you turn around and say hey I'm not leaving show me the money, just ask yourself a couple of really easy questions.

1) Why was I looking in the first place? If it is money and nothing else than perhaps you have achieved your goal. But if there are underlying issues with the company then perhaps those need to be addressed as well and as a caveat to your staying you should ask your boss to address those issues asap.

2) Is the additional money going to make me happy? Again if money is the only motivation then the answer is yes but for a majority of people there are other issue that normally push people to look for another job. Will those issues remain after I accept this counter offer. Is the boss serious about addressing the concerns is a question that really needs to be hammer upon as a condition of you staying with this company at a higher price.

3) Where did the money for this new raise come from? Why didn't i receive it before? Why now do they have this money when they did not have it before when you asked for more money?

4) If I stay am I going to be considered disloyal because I tried to leave? That is a hard question to answer the odds say that most people who accept a counter offer are gone within six months because either the employer went searching for a so called more loyal person at a cheaper price or the person left because none of the issues which made you consider leaving have been resolved.

In the end before you make a decision to leave a company make sure you are at the point of no return all questions in head have been answered before you decide to hand in your letter of resignation and that you leave with your head held high and resign in a manner that is consistent with your personality and integrity.