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Any Aon pension actuaries who could help my friend understand the hierarchy of titles? Let’s say my friend has 10 years of experience, FSA and EA credentials, was a consistently high performer over his career, what would his expected title be at Aon within the core retirement actuarial business? Thanks in advance.
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Can anyone share their experience with an ESOP?
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The most a counter offer does is buy you a year to be replaced. You have now indicated to your employer that you are willing to leave and a loose end for them. This is only a tactic to use when you want to buy more time to shop around for better offers and not something to use lightly.
In the experience of people I know it’s made it so they can stick around and get more money!
Some companies encourage it, but it's usually best to ask for a raise first, if they say no, than use another offer to let them know your valued. What you do after that is up to you based on your relationship with everyone above you.
Yeah approaching asking first I can see being a better way to do it!
I only got another offer to actually leave. Never countered to stay
I guess they don’t always do it£
I've never done this and don't think I ever would. A lot of companies will offer a raise in order to get you to stay after you've handed in your two weeks, but I wouldn't do it. I feel like once you've given notice, you've lost all trust within the company. Better to move on than stick around.
I guess but I’ll be honest I don’t have a lot of trust in my current work place to begin with!
Sometimes companies will make a counteroffer, but it seems like it would be a bad idea to take it. I mean, they didn't value someone for years, which is a bad sign. And if someone has gotten another offer, the company may see them as disloyal, which could create problems going forward. If anyone gets an offer it's better to take the new job.
Is disloyalty really a thing companies see in people looking around? That doesn’t seem a problem at all but maybe this is a UK/US difference thing.
The downside is if they do give you a raise the future raises are likely going to be less. Also you in order to successfully do it you really need to be willing to leave and there is a chance they will show you the door.
I mean even if they do show you the door you have another offer to take!
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