Is it true that staying after accepting a counter-offer is career suicide? My current company matched a competitive offer I brought them, and now I’m torn on whether to stay. They suddenly found the budget to give me the exact $25k raise and title promotion I’ve been begging for during the last two performance cycles.

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In short - yes.

Although they “found the budget” now, you’ll be on a short list for any future cuts cuz you’re likely more expensive than others in a similar role at that company and you’ve shown that you’re already looking elsewhere.

They also can keep any future raises to a minimum because if you truly become a unhappy, you’ve set the example that you’ll go through the headache of applying elsewhere and landing another offer, which they can choose if they want to match again.

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Do you like working there or was it just about the money? It's not like you can keep doing what you've always been doing and collect a fatter paycheck, if they're giving you a bigger title they're also going to demand more responsibility. All things to consider.

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You’re cooked. Take the new job.

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Maybe but really it’s impossible to know. You could debate about something you can never know until the cows come home.

…follow your soul. If you know deep down they’re just temporarily trying to appease you, but the job hasn’t been lighting you up for a long time, then they’re not for you. If it took them years to finally pay you what you’re worth and ONLY when they saw they were going to lose you… it’s not a good sign they will treat you properly in the future from now. The other company STARTED off with the right offer, they deserve the chance.

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There's a reason you were looking for a new role. Money doesn't just appear out of thin air. If they had the ability to pay you well the whole time and truly cared about their employees, they would have already.

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The money isn't the reason people go looking elsewhere. Will all the other reasons you were fed up all magically disappear with that pay bump? Are they going to expect more from you for the money than the new company? Sometimes you love a company and are heartbroken you might have to leave to survive. Most of the time it's an excuse to leave.

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I would leave. Start fresh.

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It's worked out tremendously for me on two separate occasions, but I'm definitely the outlier

I would start fresh unless you’re really happy where you are. but for me, I’ve seen people accept counter offers and then their management gets laid off and they got a new manager. That manager now has a clean slate and you’re not on the chopping block. So it’s not necessarily doomed if you accept.

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