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Originally Posted by punkwax

I didn’t suggest he make them match. But he should tell them about the competitive offer if he’s considering it. As a hiring manager, I’d prefer an employee give me the opportunity to retain them rather than just have them decide to move on for more money without having a conversation. By then it could be too late for them to turn an offer down if they’ve accepted.

I’ve never strong armed an employer and certainly don’t recommend it, but open communication is definitely encouraged in these situations.

Edit: he also said he had a local offer for 25% more. That’s significant and wouldn’t happen in 2 years without a promotion. His 6% annual increase was generous which leads me to believe his results are worth retaining, if possible.

I've had my manager tell more then once if I'm ever planning on leaving to come see him first so I'd agree with this and I wouldn't just leave without giving them a chance to do better.

The company I work for is notoriously cheap, it's not to say they won't pay up but they seldom do it. That said when I came here there were 4 people in my office doing the same position I'm doing. Over the last 6 years some of them of died, others have moved on, others have come in and either left or been let go for lack of ability. They tell me they've been trying to hire two new people for the past 6 months without much success. My work load the last 18 months has been quite large to try and help with this.

I've spoken to 3 guys all in similar roles at 3 different companies (all lower mainland) plus I have the offer from a 4th company and there all in the 20-25% more area so I know where the market is.

When it comes down to it everyone's replaceable and I understand that but I know for a fact if I leave it's going to cost them more then I'd ask for to replace me with someone equivalent but that doesn't mean they won't let me go without matching. Sometimes some of the moves this company makes staff wise make you go WTF.