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‘Feelings’
You initially considered changing
companies, because your present position can no longer
offer the growth potential to match your experience.
It is true to say that your present company has helped
you progress professionally and as a result, you may
feel uncomfortable resigning. You will be leaving fellow
managers and colleagues. You may even see some of them
out of work as social friends. These people may have
been instrumental in advancing your career. All or some
of the above may make you feel uneasy, however …..
“So what can I
expect when I tender my resignation?”
Your company will be sorry
to lose you. You have contributed to their sales and
profits. You are probably involved at the moment in
a project within your workplace that requires your talents.
Put yourself in your employer's position. What would
you do?
‘The Counter Offer’
It is natural to resist change
and disruption. Your boss will be no exception. He will
want to keep you and will attempt to do so with a counter
offer. In his eyes, your acceptance of a new job is
definitely a mistake.
Counter Offers have many
variations:
- “This is confidential
and I shouldn’t really be telling you this,
but we were looking at promoting you in the next
six months.”
- “We will match
your new offer and put it into effect next pay day.
I had meant to review it anyway.”
- “Don’t
make a decision now, have a think about it and we’ll
sit down next week and discuss it.”
‘Implications
of the Counter Offer’
Of course it is flattering that your company is concerned
to hear that you are leaving, so your emotions can obscure
the reasons behind your decisions to leave. It is natural
to be apprehensive about leaving and to let that one
final nagging doubt about doing the right thing grow
out of proportion the more your boss tries to convince
you. Stop and ask yourself these questions:
- “I made the decision
to leave because I felt the new position offered
me the best environment to fulfil my career needs.
If I stay will the situation here really improve
just because I said I was leaving?”
- “If I stay, will
my loyalty be suspect and affect my chance for advancement
once the dust has settled?”
- “This rise makes
me very expensive for the job position I’m
in. How will that affect any future rises?”
- “I got this counter
offer because I resigned – will I have to
do that the next time I think I’m ready for
a rise or promotion?”
‘The
Professional Attitude’
The person with a professional attitude will make a
career decision objectively. It will be free of the
emotional pressures one is likely to feel when being
urged to reconsider. Advice will be offered by well
meaning friends, relatives and business associates.
Depend primarily upon your own judgement because quite
simply you are the only one who can fully understand
the implications.
Remember …..
The counter offer is only a belated recognition of the
contribution you have made to your company. If it had
come unprompted, wouldn’t that be a lot more flattering?
Move ahead with the goal of making yourself as valuable
to your new employer as you now know you were to your
old.
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