Reasons Not to Accept a Counter-Offer

If you are planning to leave your current company, but are hoping for a counter-offer for better pay, better working conditions or better benefits to keep you on board, think twice. Here's why:

• Your trust & loyalty are in question.
  Once you've shown your employer that you are unhappy and planning to leave, you've burned the bridge. Consequently, your company may immediately start looking for your replacement.
• You just got your next pay raise.
  The money for your counter-offer is usually your next raise early.
• You will be overlooked for a promotion.
  When it comes to promotions, your employer will certainly remember who almost went to work elsewhere.
• Things don't change.
  The same circumstances that caused you to consider a change in the first place, probably still exist and won't change.
• What type of company do you work for anyway?
  If you have to threaten to quit before your employer will give you what you're worth, it's not the type of company where you want to stay.

About Torch Group, Inc.

Torch Group (www.torchgroup.com) headquartered in Cleveland Ohio is a highly-specialized staffing and talent firm that provides customized solutions to businesses, companies, non-profits and organizations across North America. Torch Group's services include professional interim staffing, contract consultants, outsourced projects, executive search and career transition services. The firm's specialization is providing its clients with professionals skilled in strategic and tactical marketing, online, sales, creative and communication disciplines.