There have been people that have tried what you said here, that of negotiating a better offer. The company is pretty clear-cut, they don't do that. The only person I know of that did manage to get a better offer was being criminally underpaid already, but he said the offer couldn't beat the offer+benefits at his new job. (He was making $17 for a job that should have been paying $25-27)
They aren't going to counter, so my best bet is to just move on.
An hr friend of mine told me that I should never accept a counter offer.
Typically businesses have a fund they use to pay the counter offer for that year. When the next fiscal year starts that extra salary expense is transferred to your local department. At which point you are probably one of the highest salaries in your group. And will be the first head on the chopping block. You will now be seen as disloyal and overpaid. May even be labeled and monitored as an insider threat.
Not something I want to mess with.
It's always been advised not to take a counter, since you're now in the spotlight.
I've got some other opportunities panning out here in a few months anyway if they want to go that route. I've been trying to train my replacement for 4 years and haven't found anyone who could actually accomplish the task yet, It's not hard to be indispensable when everyone is just copying what the other guy is doing. The thing with them is they absolutely need someone with a plan and they have no one really capable of coming up with one. So far ive been the only one successful at putting a dent in some of the messes that got created over the years mostly through neglect and people not knowing any better.
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