-What type of a company do you work for if you have to threaten to resign before they give you what you are worth.

-Where is the money for the counter offer coming from?  Is it your next raise early? All companies have strict wage and salary guidelines which must be followed.

-Your company will immediately start looking for a new person at a cheaper price.

-You have now made your employer aware that you are unhappy.  From this day on, your loyalty will always be in question.

-When promotion time comes around, your employer will remember who was loyal, and who was not.

-When times get tough, your employer will begin the cutback with you.

-The same circumstances that now cause you to consider a change will repeat themselves in the future: even if you accept a counter offer.

-Statistics show that 80% of the people who accept a counter offer, leave within six months to one year due to being let go or voluntarily leaving.

-Accepting a counter offer is an insult to your intelligence and a blow to your personal pride, knowing that you were bought.

-Once the words gets out, the relationship that you now enjoy with your co-workers will never be the same.  You lose the personal satisfaction of peer group acceptance.