DylanI’m in the middle of the interview process for a potential new job and I’ve got a small bit of guilt about the potential impact to my existing team. Initially I thought I’d consider pushing for a counter-offer to stay, but the new team seems chill and the new role seems fun. Plus, a potential 44% salary increase and less travel. Hard to pass that up. I have to reframe it in my mind, this isn’t me failing my team, it’s the organization failing my team by not paying me the market rate.
I pushed for a raise last year and while my leadership supported me and pushed for it, HR denied it. My boss insists that we’ll try again after 6 months from the last attempt, but if I’ve got an offer for more why would I not take it? The business would not hesitate to make a monetary decision to cut me if it meant more profit, so why should I?
Still, can’t help but be sad about how it would leave my team scrambling a little bit.