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Topic: What Would You Do? Job Offer ....
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| WordsOfChoice | Posted – 10/4/2007 9:34:08 PM | show profile In the last two months, I've received two job offers from editors with whom I had worked in the past. There was no back-and-forth interviewing. They know my work well and made the offers. While very appreciative of their goodwill and support, I turned them down, because the jobs were lateral moves: similar title, responsibilities, and salary to what I currently have. I am also happy where I am -- although I am definitely looking to increase my responsibilities, challenges, title and income in my next position. Should that kind of opportunity arise tomorrow, I will follow through on it. Here's the question: Would it be advantageous in any way to me to let my current boss know that I've gotten offers (even though I didn't accept them)? |
| analog | Posted – 10/4/2007 9:42:28 PM | show profile No. Next time, let the current boss know *before* you turn a job offer down. |
| Marie | Posted – 10/4/2007 11:55:24 PM | show profile Brilliant advice. Had you told your boss you had two other firm offers, you might have been able to negotiate more repsonsibilities and perhaps more pay where you are. But now you know what to do the next time you get an offer, whether it's a good offer or not. Use it to negotiate for more where you are (unless it's a fantastic job, in which case take it). |
| foodlit | Posted – 10/5/2007 2:50:06 AM | show profile | email poster You've lost any negotiating leverage you may have had now that you've declined the offer. I'm curious though, if these positions were lateral moves, why bother interviewing for them? Or continuing on to the offer stage? Seems a waste of everyone's time if you know the job isn't what you want. Aim higher for your next interviews. Better yet, talk to your boss and ask for a promotion. You don't have to have an offer in hand to get one. You're actually better off if you don't, honestly. Getting an offer just to generate a counteroffer is bad practice. It leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth. Do you know that over 90% of people who take counteroffers leave within six months? Why? Because they are now seen as disloyal or likely to leave and a level of trust has been broken. Plus, do you really want to stay at a company that would only give you a promotion under duress? Create a case for yourself and schedule a meeting with your boss. I wouldn't mention that you've had offers, but you could that you've recently received a few calls and wanted to discuss your future and how you can get to the next level. If he/she isn't ready to promote you now, ask for a timetable of how long and what you need to accomplish to get there. Good luck, Pam, hr/headhunter :) |
| Marie | Posted – 10/5/2007 4:41:19 PM | show profile I don't really agree with the ill-will created by accepting a counter offer. Where I work, counter offers have led to better schedules and jobs. Everyone is happy, and no one feels any ill-will. Unfortunately, many employers do not do anything to make employees happy until they realize they're going to lose them. And that's the truth. |
| AWC | Posted – 10/5/2007 4:57:09 PM | show profile I agree with the above posts recommending that you keep quiet about your other offers since you have already turned them down. I can't see anything good resulting from making this known to your current boss. But for the future, I would be very careful about playing the offer/counter-offer game -- there are so many ways it could backfire on you. No matter where you end up, you could very easily be perceived as somone who is just not particularly committed to their job. |
