Never accept a counter-offer
Recruiter here, almost 20 years. Do a search for articles warning about counteroffers and you&#x27;ll find almost all are written by agency recruiters. Why is that?<p>It&#x27;s because agency recruiters lose probably millions in fees every year when candidates accept a counter. I have personally lost 30K on a single fee due to counteroffer on more than one occasion. It hurts quite a bit - that&#x27;s a car - which is why if you accept a counter you&#x27;ll get calls and emails from the recruiter saying it&#x27;s &quot;career suicide&quot; (it isn&#x27;t) and that you&#x27;re making a huge mistake.<p>Then they quote these stats. I&#x27;ve heard things like &quot;90% of people who accept counters leave the company in 6 months&quot;, and they might add &quot;whether fired or through resignation&quot; just to throw some fear into the candidate. These stats are pretty hard to find, and they should be, because companies don&#x27;t report counteroffers to some agency. They happen in the dark. It&#x27;s only surveys, and usually conducted by recruiting firms who have a vested interest in the results.<p>Some counteroffers are a mistake, but the people who scream not to accept coineroffers the loudest are the ones with the most to lose.<p>I&#x27;ve written about counteroffers as well, but didn&#x27;t take the typical recruiter path (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobtipsforgeeks.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;19&#x2F;counteroffers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobtipsforgeeks.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;19&#x2F;counteroffers&#x2F;</a>).