"I asked for a raise and was turned down: when I resigned, the boss offered me double"
Work is a necessary "evil" and none of us can ignore this fact. It is not only a matter of economic survival, but it is also a way for us to feel useful and engaged. Of course, work effort must also receive positive feedback (when it's deserved) and it would be nice if we were rewarded for what we do well.
Unfortunately, this is not always the case and, sometimes, people get tired of always being stuck in the same role with the same salary. Where this is the case, it is natural to look around for a promotion. And this is what the man we want to tell you about in this story did.
via Reddit
The man had been an employee in the same company for 3 years and had never received a promotion. As a result, he decided to ask for one. In a long post on Reddit, the man recounted how the matter unfolded. "I was hired by this company 3 years ago; I am in the sales department and I have never had any complaints levelled against me. I have always had a large number of customers and everyone was always satisfied with my service," the man said. As a result, the man expected that his superiors would have given him a bonus or even a small raise - but nothing ever came.
His salary amounted to about 56,000 euros per year - a very respectable figure. But when your work is flawless and brings a lot of profit to a company, it is fair for this contribution to be rewarded. So when the man received an very attractive job offer of around € 100,000 a year from another company, he decided to resign. Only then did his superiors "notice" him.
"When I told them I was leaving, they immediately took action. Even the CEO was even contacted, and in just 10 minutes they made me a counter-offer. They offered me a basic of 70,000 euros and a bonus of 30,000. Exactly what the competitor had offered, but I turned them down," he said.
None of his superiors had expected a negative response from the man, but he pointed out that their counter-offer had been "too little, too late".
This is a problem with many companies: assuming that employees are not able quit and will accept almost anything. IBut this is not always the case. If a woman or a man is good at their job, we can be sure that, sooner or later, they will look around, trying to improve their position.
Would you have accepted the counter-offer, or would you have done like this man did?
