Hi - I have accepted an offer and also did BG check.

5 Comments

1. Shelly EdwardsAugust 9,2022 at 1:41PM UTC

   First, think about your reasons for going looking in the first place. Something at your current employer made you unhappy enough to seek a different opportunity. Is that something you could continue to handle if they offered more money? Second, if your current employer valued you and your work, it shouldn't take the threat of leaving for them to value that work and talent more. Will you have to continue to threaten to leave in order to get the raises and promotions you deserve? No one wants to be that person. Leaving an exisiting job for a new job is always a gamble. You don't know what awaits you at the new job until you start. So you have to decide which path you'd like to take - stay with the known but possibly undervalued or take the risk at the new place that values you enough to have made the offer, but may have it's own issues or may be the best job ever.

2. AnonymousAugust 9,2022 at 3:37PM UTC

   and yes, if you turn down the offer after signing, you will likely not be called again.

3. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistAugust 9,2022 at 4:12PM UTC

   Why were you looking to make a move in the first place? Most people don't move just because of money so more money isn't going to fix the issues that made you start looking.

   Historically, accepting counteroffers from your current company doesn't work out. I think the statistic is 60% of those who accept a counter offer are gone within 12 months anyway. And not necessarily for as good an offer as the one they turned down to accept the counteroffer.

   I have had many candidates call me after they turned down an offer asking if it was still on the table as the counter did not work out. The record for that call was two days. I have seen companies lie like crazy to keep a candidate more than once. So make sure they have the authority to actually do whatever they're promising to make you stay.

   And chances are fairly good that the second company may not want to work with you as a candidate in the future. The information that you turned down their offer will certainly be in their system.

4. AnonymousAugust 9,2022 at 6:14PM UTC

   Hi - many thanks for your note.
   This is very helpful. I was looking for a new role because I had relocated to new place. I had no problem with my existing organisation but at the time there were no roles suitable to my profile. Now a position opened up under a person with whom I had worked in the past, he has treated me really well. He offered the role to me.

5. Cyndi RosenblattAugust 10,2022 at 6:01PM UTC

   Did he provide a written offer with a firm start date or just a verbal conversation? This isn't quite the usual counteroffer scenario, so there's certainly room for consideration that most situations don't warrant. If the company is solid and you enjoy working with the person who will be your new boss, plus you have a written offer with a comparable compensation rate, definitely worth considering which job is better for you.