Techie Jun Hao Knowledge Chief

I took a counteroffer once and regretted it within 8 months. The raise was real but the reason I wanted to leave, a manager who overloaded me and never advocated for me at cycle, never changed. Money papers over nothing. Worse, HR now had me flagged as a flight risk, so the next promotion went to someone else. If you were leaving purely for pay, a counter might make sense. But if you were leaving for the environment, the people, or lack of growth, a raise won't fix any of that. Ask yourself why you started interviewing in the first place. That answer is your real answer, not the number they're now waving.