When they don’t want new jobs, just more money
&gt;Not only does this trolling for raise bait waste hiring managers’ time, but employees who are “won back” with a counter-offer are still more likely to leave the employer within the year, SHRM noted.<p>People often think that this phenomenon occurs because employers decide afterwards to fire the employee who has recently gotten that significant raise. From what I&#x27;ve seen anecdotally in &#x2F;r&#x2F;personalfinance, what really happens is that employees realize that they&#x27;ve been undervalued for an extended period of time. If a well-performing employee has been getting paltry 2% raises for months or years and their employer quickly matches an offer of double their salary, it leaves a bad taste in a lot of employees&#x27; mouths.<p>It makes me wonder if loyalty was ever really valued in past generations or if loyalty was really just some fanciful meme perpetrated by employers to keep costs down. I often hear that short periods of time spent at jobs is a negative signal to hiring managers but I seldom hear anyone actually point to it as the reason they weren&#x27;t hired for a job.