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[–] [email protected] 358 points 7 months ago (21 children)

Yes you should take it, if you got no other options.

Then you immediately update your CV with your new job title and jump ship for more pay. If the orginal company offers to match the pay you say "you had the chance to pay me more. If you valued me that much, you could have paid me that much from the start"

[–] [email protected] 174 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Don’t go back on your intent to leave for a better job. Some employers will see you as disloyal if you take the raise and stay. You’re usually better off leaving anyway.

[–] CosmicTurtle 102 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There is rarely a situation where you should allow your employer to match the offer you have in hand.

They had the opportunity to do so and then failed to properly retain you. If they realize how much losing you will cost them in productivity, that's on them, not you.

It's not personal. It's literally business.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You could try negotiating regular pay raises, start with a match and require 5% per year after that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

If they ain't paying you enough to stay they're highly unlikely to honor the idea of regular raises. They've already shown they're willing to low ball you if they can get away with it so fuck taking the risk of staying.

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