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After refusing a raise, my boss offered to double my salary after submitting notice

I work in sales and have been with this company for 3 years. Had an amazing customer base and have never had a single complaint, I work hard and get shit done. Over 11 million in sales YTD, and they are only paying me $55,000 salary. (Yikes) I got a job offer with a competitor, and with salary, commission, and bonuses it works out to over 100k. I handed in my resignation, and he had the audacity to call the CEO where within 10 minutes they offered me a 70k base, with a 30k bonus. 1 month prior, I was told I wasn’t eligible for a raise and that he would “put in a good word for me come review” (April 2023) The best part? They were SHOCKED that I still refused. I said if you were paying me what I was worth from the start, we wouldn’t be having…


I work in sales and have been with this company for 3 years.

Had an amazing customer base and have never had a single complaint, I work hard and get shit done.

Over 11 million in sales YTD, and they are only paying me $55,000 salary. (Yikes)

I got a job offer with a competitor, and with salary, commission, and bonuses it works out to over 100k.

I handed in my resignation, and he had the audacity to call the CEO where within 10 minutes they offered me a 70k base, with a 30k bonus.

1 month prior, I was told I wasn’t eligible for a raise and that he would “put in a good word for me come review” (April 2023)

The best part? They were SHOCKED that I still refused.

I said if you were paying me what I was worth from the start, we wouldn’t be having this conversation in the first place.

Know your worth people! Greedy companies will always try to undercut you.

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