I have recently interviewed with a company that is offering me a $5 pay bump doing almost exactly what I do now. I’ve only been with my current company since November 2021 and at my 90 day review I negotiated $2 instead of the $1 they initially offered. Since I’ve caught on at the current place, made a huge difference with my current accounts, I’m not sure I want to jump ship without putting something on the table for them to counter. They may tell me no, I haven’t been here long enough and I’m not really willing to wait around for a review if I can bring in more income immediately. I have an offer letter in hand and have until next Friday to make my decision.
This company is bringing in millions every single month, my team alone brings in a million every month and we come in 3rd out of 7 teams. I’m not running small accounts, i have restaurants, gas stations and retail stores.
I guess the questions I have is would you negotiate? If so what are your thoughts, I was thinking they at least need to match the offer. The current company doesn’t know I have been looking so I don’t want them to come back and say you’ve been here 6 months, who do you think you are? I’ve also finished college recently, is that something I can use as leverage.
I will be asking my current company for a $7 raise in less than a year, I’ve never been in this position so I’m just reaching out to see if it’s even worth it.