Last week ago, a recruiter connected with me, and two days later, an offer was presented to me which I accepted since it's $30K more than what I am currently making, and the position will give me more flexibility for growth in the future. I had briefly discussed this in another post at another subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/syd0i3/comment/hxyhnr8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) where I ended up using one of our conference rooms for that interview. Tuesday this week, I notified my manager that I am leaving and my last day is Friday next week. The following day, Wednesday, he presented me with a counter-offer. He was very enthusiastic and was smiling the entire time so I thought that it would be a really good counter-offer.
He offered an entry-level position at another department and $20K less than what the other company is offering. I am currently working as a finance manager and have worked in the same position for 10 years now. He said that the position is entry-level but the salary is not. He kept on telling me that if I do good, I will get to the manager level in the next 5-10 years. Please note that this position has been posted for the past three years and we couldn't even get someone to accept an offer for this position most likely because of the pay but also because our company has raked so many negative reviews on glassdoor. What my manager offered me is a position in operations as an inventory associate. I thought it was a joke. I asked him to put it in an email and send me the offer details. When I received the email with the offer letter, I asked one of my associates to read it for me and explain to me what he was trying to tell me because I was so shocked that I thought maybe I, for some reason, is unable to understand English anymore. English is my third language. The insult fast-tracked my last day to tomorrow. I deleted all my personal files two days ago (there is a 1-day retention policy for deleted files – yeah LOL) and my mailbox contains less than 100 emails – the same number of emails the first week I started back in 2011.
I honestly feel sad leaving because of the connections I've made with a few of my coworkers but I also feel relieved at the same time. I'm not sure why but I just feel relieved.
On another unrelated note – I am officially married to my partner of 4 years as of this afternoon at 2:30 PM EST. 🙂 I know it's unrelated but I am so happy.