A couple months ago I was contacted by a recruiter specializing in my industry. I was happy where I was at, but I figured might as well see what’s out there.

That spiraled pretty quickly and one of my companies major competitors offered me a 30% increase to my salary. I took that information back to my company and they promptly counter offered, exceeding the competitors offer by $10,000 and throwing in a new job title, bonuses, etc.

1) The recruiting firm is clearly not happy about this counteroffer, and they sent me a ton of literature about how I’ll either be a target for getting fired at my current company or looking for a job this time next year. Anyone have any experience with this? To me it sounds like a sales pitch to get me to move.

2) Both roles are the same, both are remote office work with job site visits.

3) With everything else being equal, it sounds like a no brainer to stay, my current company clearly is willing to invest in me based on my performance. Anyone’s thoughts different here?

Thanks for your feedback!