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[ImprovedSilence]

care to explain why?

[ddebernardy → ImprovedSilence]

I'm not the OP, but can offer two reasons:

1. You'll be labeled as disloyal. Which is euphemism for: someone at HR is already looking into replacing you.

2. Whatever problems prompted you to want to go away are still there.

Similarly, never offer a counter-offer as a manager. Because:

1. You don't want to send the message to others that it's a valid way to get a raise.

2. Whatever problems prompted them to want to go away are still there.

There reportedly are exceptions when things work out on both sides of the fence. But in almost 20 years, I've yet to see one first hand.

[commandlinefan → ddebernardy]

> someone at HR is already looking into replacing you.

Well, not that I disagree that accepting a counter offer is a bad idea, I'm pretty sure that someone at HR is always looking into replacing you, all the time.

[Latteland → commandlinefan]

I don't think that hr is looking to replace people, because it's way too hard to hire. At my company every new hire looks like a magical lucky serendipitous event. Hiring is just that hard. HR grudlingly matches people's other offers. They are too exhausted to look for someone to replace their existing employees.