Being in HR, I’ve seen this play out more times than you think.
A candidate I was hiring for was earning 100,000.
He got a new offer of 170,000, a solid jump.
But within 15 minutes of the offer letter hitting his inbox, he backed out.
His current company dangled a 190,000 counter-offer and he accepted it immediately.
Fast forward 4 months…
The same candidate messaged me again.
His company had laid him off and replaced him with a cheaper resource.
His message started with:
Hi sir, I’m really sorry… do you have any openings?
This is exactly why I keep saying this:
👉 A counter-offer is not a reward. It’s a strategy to buy time until they find someone cheaper.
👉 Loyalty doesn’t magically increase with money.
👉 If they valued you, they wouldn’t wait until your resignation to pay you fairly.
Please don’t fall for counter-offers. It looks like a win… until it isn’t.
Mariota to Burks for the TD of the year.
Mike Vrabel is probably winning his 2nd coach of the year award.
Kevin Byard is leading the league in INT’s
Derrick Henry still playing at an elite level.
AJ Brown dominated this weekend.
I HATE IT HERE.
So to recap:
- Titans are 1-9
- Vrabel is 9-2
- Everyone hates us
- Henry and Byard are playing great
- We traded JBJ
- The Colts are good
- We fired our HC in week 6
- Calvin Ridley broke his leg
- L’Jarius Sneed failed to report a felony
What did I do to deserve this?
Agree. Arguably our most valuable player aside from Big Jeff. He’s exactly the young talent you want. Why try to get picks for him. Your not gonna get the return on those picks that you would by holding him