You made the difficult decision to move on to pastures new. You went through the process of meeting half a dozen competitors, negotiated a valuable salary increase and compared offers to choose the right option for you. Now all you have to do is sign, it shouldn’t be too difficult! You have ticked all the boxes; given your notice, thanked your boss for their support and offered to finish any projects. However, instead of a pat on the back and a thanks for your efforts over the year’s speech, he throws down a counter offer. Clearly this is flattering, your boss really doesn’t want to lose you. But maybe there is an ulterior motive at play here. It’s going to cost them more to replace you and it will require a lot of valuable time and effort, all of which can be saved by throwing a bit more money at you! In reality sometimes accepting the counter offer can be good, but before you make the decision bear in mind these 5 key points: