Job offer - same day contract arrives, current employment offers a raise

Made_Without · 2 April 2010 at 10:44PM

A firm offers a job offer - their pay scales are lower but they agree to match current salary.

The same day that the contract arrives in the post; at work my friend is offered a pay rise.

What should they do?

Yes, the new job has a lot of appeal but equally staying on par in terms of salary is important.
Would it be cheeky to go back and say pay has been increased and find out if they are willing to match this?

Thanks

C*F

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olly300 · 3 April 2010 at 12:15AM

Nope.

However most people who do that end up leaving their job within in a year anyway.

ben500 · 3 April 2010 at 12:18AM

How long and difficult was the bargaining process for this rise? Was it overdue and your employer reluctant to give it? If so then there is every likelyhood you will find yourself in a similar position in the future, I'd say make the move in that case especially so if your current employer is only offering the rise because they know you are walking.

Made_Without · 3 April 2010 at 10:46AM

Sorry I don't think I was very clear in my original post.

A friend of mine has been offered a job with another company - same field, different area of specialism.

The company (that has offered him the role) pay-scale are lower than the place he is currently at. However, as they are keen to hire him, they are proposing to match his current salary and review in 6 months to potentially (so no guarantee) increase.

Then on Thursday - the day the contract arrived in the post, the same day at work, he was offered a pay rise (annual, so no "effort" was required other than working hard as business as usual).

The dilema is now obviously, accepting the offer from the other company will mean less money.

Totally realise money isnt the be-all-and-end-all; however, in the field he works in - remaining on par with peers in the top paying companies is important.

Would it be worth trying to get the company making hte offer to match the new salary?

Thanks
C*F

scooby088 · 3 April 2010 at 11:30AM

I wouldnt go asking the other company to match his salary again which they had already agreed to do the first time round. I would in my opinion stay with my current employer and turn down the offer from the ones offering me the new job.

Made_Without · 3 April 2010 at 11:53AM

Thanks scooby - can I ask why?

I'm really trying to get as many different views as possible.
I mean if he stays with his current employer and rejects the offer; could it not also be argued that there is nothing to lose asking the other company to match new offer?

C*F

stokefan · 3 April 2010 at 12:02PM

why did the friend want to leave in the first place?

Made_Without · 3 April 2010 at 12:12PM

@stokefan same area of work - but different area of specialism (which he cannot do at the company he is currently at)

That alone is possibly a good enough reason to accept the offer.

I guess its just a case no-one likes to feel like they will receive less money when changing jobs. (I know for me I would not be happy to accept that).

C*F

MrsManda · 3 April 2010 at 12:19PM

Chocolate*fish wrote: »

Then on Thursday - the day the contract arrived in the post, the same day at work, he was offered a pay rise (annual, so no "effort" was required other than working hard as business as usual).

This implies (sorry if I'm wrong) that your friend knew that it was likely for him to get an annual increase in his current salary therefore he should have mentioned this when he accepted his new job and they offered to match his salary. To turn around now and say that his annual increase for his old job has now come through so could the new company match that seems like he's delibrately misled the new company as to his salary expectations.
Though if it's a case of his old employer offering him a payrise to get him to stay then it'd be worth mentioning it to his new employer but only if he's willing to turn down the new employer if they do not increase his salary to match.

Made_Without · 3 April 2010 at 12:30PM

@MrsManda thanks for taking the time to reply

Firstly, perhaps I wasnt clear, he hasnt accepted the offer yet.

Secondly, no he didnt mislead the new employer - last year there was no annual increase and all salaries were frozen, so he only mentioned what his current salary was.

I do think though he should have mentioned this point (along with the bonus that he may obtain this year (again not guaranteed and there wasnt one last year) however as he didnt mention that these were possibilities, it does put him in a trickier position.

C*F

Zazen999 · 3 April 2010 at 12:56PM

Chocolate*fish wrote: »

Would it be worth trying to get the company making the offer to match the new salary?

Thanks
C*F

By the time the contract has been written and sent; the finances will have been agreed. From a Management point of view; this would hack me off no end and I'd take the query as them turning down my offer.

Unless they were absolutely fantastic in which case they would have negotiated a higher starting salary to make the move in the first place.

Job offer - same day contract arrives, current employment offers a raise

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