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simonkabz
#21 Posted : Friday, September 19, 2014 2:23:44 PM
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Angelica _ann wrote:
Swenani wrote:
Very tricky indeed, my advice; send your sister's uncle to me

this sounds gayism to me!

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mkenyan
#22 Posted : Friday, September 19, 2014 5:48:11 PM
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kysse wrote:
Situation.

1. You are employed.
2. Co.is presently training you at their hq.
3. You have been assured of better income.
4. Your Immediate boss has suddenly taken to stealing most glory for your hard work...kills the zeal and drains energy.
5. You really love your job,but feel drained because of point 4. It's like being subdued,chocked but you learn to smile through it all.
6. A greater position and good package comes knocking at your door from a different co.without you seeking and leaves you at cross roads.

What to do?

A cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband in this position.




compare the working environment between the two companies, compare how they treat their employees, compare how much they pay, compare avenues to develop yourself. then toss a coin coz all those don't really mean a shit.

given how the cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband is always in wazua and nigerian fora i cant see how they then do any constructive work, leave alone having any glory to be stolen.
kysse
#23 Posted : Friday, September 19, 2014 6:15:51 PM
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oh it gets tougher.Both sides made contact with the friend today. 2 good packages to choose from next week. Can one be too loyal to the employer? Can an employer be trusted with your future?
Swenani
#24 Posted : Friday, September 19, 2014 6:26:55 PM
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kysse wrote:
oh it gets tougher.Both sides made contact with the friend today. 2 good packages to choose from next week. Can one be too loyal to the employer? Can an employer be trusted with your future?


Take this advise.

Never ever ever in your life accept a counter offer from your current employer.

NEVER EVER
If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
kysse
#25 Posted : Friday, September 19, 2014 7:52:34 PM
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Swenani wrote:
kysse wrote:
oh it gets tougher.Both sides made contact with the friend today. 2 good packages to choose from next week. Can one be too loyal to the employer? Can an employer be entrusted with your future?


Take this advise.

Never ever ever in your life accept a counter offer from your current employer.

NEVER EVER


Oi!
Do you know how terrorists are made?

Rankaz13
#26 Posted : Friday, September 19, 2014 9:10:10 PM
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Swenani wrote:
kysse wrote:
oh it gets tougher.Both sides made contact with the friend today. 2 good packages to choose from next week. Can one be too loyal to the employer? Can an employer be trusted with your future?


Take this advise.

Never ever ever in your life accept a counter offer from your current employer.

NEVER EVER


I concur. the fact that they have had to give a counter-offer in order to hold on to you (assuming you go for it) means some doubt has already been 'planted' in their minds that one day you just might leave. You can imagine how this would tend to poison your relationship with them.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
kysse
#27 Posted : Friday, September 19, 2014 9:47:23 PM
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Rankaz13 wrote:
Swenani wrote:
kysse wrote:
oh it gets tougher.Both sides made contact with the friend today. 2 good packages to choose from next week. Can one be too loyal to the employer? Can an employer be trusted with your future?


Take this advise.

Never ever ever in your life accept a counter offer from your current employer.

NEVER EVER


I concur. the fact that they have had to give a counter-offer in order to hold on to you (assuming you go for it) means some doubt has already been 'planted' in their minds that one day you just might leave. You can imagine how this would tend to poison your relationship with them.



No, not really,I think you are stretching it too far.
Even though it happens, this is like North and South Pole.
All employers know that employees are dispensable,so they would not consider going to extreme lengths such as this. I mean you've got to be extremely unique and valuable, which imo is wrong in a Co. because one ends up manipulating the boss and leaving a dent the moment they leave.
It's blackmail and I wouldn't pull such a crazy stunt if I were an employer.




Wendz
#28 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:30:11 AM
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kysse wrote:
Rankaz13 wrote:
Swenani wrote:
kysse wrote:
oh it gets tougher.Both sides made contact with the friend today. 2 good packages to choose from next week. Can one be too loyal to the employer? Can an employer be trusted with your future?


Take this advise.

Never ever ever in your life accept a counter offer from your current employer.

NEVER EVER


I concur. the fact that they have had to give a counter-offer in order to hold on to you (assuming you go for it) means some doubt has already been 'planted' in their minds that one day you just might leave. You can imagine how this would tend to poison your relationship with them.



No, not really,I think you are stretching it too far.
Even though it happens, this is like North and South Pole.

All employers know that employees are dispensable,so they would not consider going to extreme lengths such as this. I mean you've got to be extremely unique and valuable, which imo is wrong in a Co. because one ends up manipulating the boss and leaving a dent the moment they leave.
It's blackmail and I wouldn't pull such a crazy stunt if I were an employer.






Then stay at your current job.

But the fact remains, taking a counter offer is not a very good idea as a long term strategy.... not when you have another option - a "good" option. The best would be you push for an even better offer in your prospective new employer.
2012
#29 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:19:27 AM
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kysse wrote:
Situation.

1. You are employed.
2. Co.is presently training you at their hq.
3. You have been assured of better income.
4. Your Immediate boss has suddenly taken to stealing most glory for your hard work...kills the zeal and drains energy.
5. You really love your job,but feel drained because of point 4. It's like being subdued,chocked but you learn to smile through it all.
6. A greater position and good package comes knocking at your door from a different co.without you seeking and leaves you at cross roads.

What to do?

A cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband in this position.


Never ever leave a job, project, dreams because of a person or people. There are over 6 billion people in the world and you cannot result to running away every time one offends you, you could be jumping from the frying pan... The company you would want to move to might have the best profile on paper but does it have profiles on individuals too? Will you have the boss you want? I doubt.
Ask yourself this question and you'll know the right thing to do; If your boss was removed, would you still consider leaving? If no, then you should stay, God has a way of removing obstacles from the road and creating detours if you believe in Him and pray.
Now about people, don't worry too much especially if you are at the point of leaving, after all all your boss can do is fire you, not kill you or send you to prison...

I agree with Wendz, the money can be confusing and counter offers even more confusing because of the 'better the devil you know' mentality so ignore the carrot/s and things will become clear, after all if you deserved it, they'd have given it to you before.

BBI will solve it
:)
Swenani
#30 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:03:20 PM
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2012 wrote:
kysse wrote:
Situation.

1. You are employed.
2. Co.is presently training you at their hq.
3. You have been assured of better income.
4. Your Immediate boss has suddenly taken to stealing most glory for your hard work...kills the zeal and drains energy.
5. You really love your job,but feel drained because of point 4. It's like being subdued,chocked but you learn to smile through it all.
6. A greater position and good package comes knocking at your door from a different co.without you seeking and leaves you at cross roads.

What to do?

A cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband in this position.


Never ever leave a job, project, dreams because of a person or people. There are over 6 billion people in the world and you cannot result to running away every time one offends you, you could be jumping from the frying pan... The company you would want to move to might have the best profile on paper but does it have profiles on individuals too? Will you have the boss you want? I doubt.
Ask yourself this question and you'll know the right thing to do; If your boss was removed, would you still consider leaving? If no, then you should stay, God has a way of removing obstacles from the road and creating detours if you believe in Him and pray.
Now about people, don't worry too much especially if you are at the point of leaving, after all all your boss can do is fire you, not kill you or send you to prison...

I agree with Wendz, the money can be confusing and counter offers even more confusing because of the 'better the devil you know' mentality so ignore the carrot/s and things will become clear, after all if you deserved it, they'd have given it to you before.


Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause

Counter offers are usually a stop gap measure as they try to find your replacement(fire you)
If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
Intelligentsia
#31 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:24:20 PM
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ZZE123 wrote:
simonkabz wrote:
Weigh your options. If it is higher pay in a more stable company just move and leave the tick's arse exposed.

Agreed.. However remember The grass is greener on the other side because there is more shit there to make the grass flourish


Au contraire, the grass is greener on the other side because they have high watering bills.

Sometimes just tweaking a few things on your side/ working environment can have a huge impact. Like finding a forum where you can be reporting on what you do, will raise your profile.

But I agree with thimioni as I have been there before where a mdosi is a black-out/ professional dwarf na wewe ndio unamfunza. There's nothing wrong with being head-hunted, just do proper due diligence on the other party making you the invitation and if ok, move.
FRM2011
#32 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:45:50 PM
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2012 wrote:
kysse wrote:
Situation.

1. You are employed.
2. Co.is presently training you at their hq.
3. You have been assured of better income.
4. Your Immediate boss has suddenly taken to stealing most glory for your hard work...kills the zeal and drains energy.
5. You really love your job,but feel drained because of point 4. It's like being subdued,chocked but you learn to smile through it all.
6. A greater position and good package comes knocking at your door from a different co.without you seeking and leaves you at cross roads.

What to do?

A cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband in this position.


Never ever leave a job, project, dreams because of a person or people. There are over 6 billion people in the world and you cannot result to running away every time one offends you, you could be jumping from the frying pan... The company you would want to move to might have the best profile on paper but does it have profiles on individuals too? Will you have the boss you want? I doubt.
Ask yourself this question and you'll know the right thing to do; If your boss was removed, would you still consider leaving? If no, then you should stay, God has a way of removing obstacles from the road and creating detours if you believe in Him and pray.
Now about people, don't worry too much especially if you are at the point of leaving, after all all your boss can do is fire you, not kill you or send you to prison...

I agree with Wendz, the money can be confusing and counter offers even more confusing because of the 'better the devil you know' mentality so ignore the carrot/s and things will become clear, after all if you deserved it, they'd have given it to you before.


@2012, that's very good advice. There is a guy I know who was so fed up with his dept boss that when an offer to ship out to a smaller competitor came, he didn't think twice about it.

So as he was being allocated system access rights in the new company, the IT guy was like, " you are so lucky, Mr. xyz (his former boss), will be the new head of dept here "
McReggae
#33 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 2:00:38 PM
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FRM2011 wrote:
2012 wrote:
kysse wrote:
Situation.

1. You are employed.
2. Co.is presently training you at their hq.
3. You have been assured of better income.
4. Your Immediate boss has suddenly taken to stealing most glory for your hard work...kills the zeal and drains energy.
5. You really love your job,but feel drained because of point 4. It's like being subdued,chocked but you learn to smile through it all.
6. A greater position and good package comes knocking at your door from a different co.without you seeking and leaves you at cross roads.

What to do?

A cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband in this position.


Never ever leave a job, project, dreams because of a person or people. There are over 6 billion people in the world and you cannot result to running away every time one offends you, you could be jumping from the frying pan... The company you would want to move to might have the best profile on paper but does it have profiles on individuals too? Will you have the boss you want? I doubt.
Ask yourself this question and you'll know the right thing to do; If your boss was removed, would you still consider leaving? If no, then you should stay, God has a way of removing obstacles from the road and creating detours if you believe in Him and pray.
Now about people, don't worry too much especially if you are at the point of leaving, after all all your boss can do is fire you, not kill you or send you to prison...

I agree with Wendz, the money can be confusing and counter offers even more confusing because of the 'better the devil you know' mentality so ignore the carrot/s and things will become clear, after all if you deserved it, they'd have given it to you before.


@2012, that's very good advice. There is a guy I know who was so fed up with his dept boss that when an offer to ship out to a smaller competitor came, he didn't think twice about it.

So as he was being allocated system access rights in the new company, the IT guy was like, " you are so lucky,smile "


Damn!!
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Swenani
#34 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:31:23 PM
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FRM2011 wrote:
2012 wrote:
kysse wrote:
Situation.

1. You are employed.
2. Co.is presently training you at their hq.
3. You have been assured of better income.
4. Your Immediate boss has suddenly taken to stealing most glory for your hard work...kills the zeal and drains energy.
5. You really love your job,but feel drained because of point 4. It's like being subdued,chocked but you learn to smile through it all.
6. A greater position and good package comes knocking at your door from a different co.without you seeking and leaves you at cross roads.

What to do?

A cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband in this position.


Never ever leave a job, project, dreams because of a person or people. There are over 6 billion people in the world and you cannot result to running away every time one offends you, you could be jumping from the frying pan... The company you would want to move to might have the best profile on paper but does it have profiles on individuals too? Will you have the boss you want? I doubt.
Ask yourself this question and you'll know the right thing to do; If your boss was removed, would you still consider leaving? If no, then you should stay, God has a way of removing obstacles from the road and creating detours if you believe in Him and pray.
Now about people, don't worry too much especially if you are at the point of leaving, after all all your boss can do is fire you, not kill you or send you to prison...

I agree with Wendz, the money can be confusing and counter offers even more confusing because of the 'better the devil you know' mentality so ignore the carrot/s and things will become clear, after all if you deserved it, they'd have given it to you before.


@2012, that's very good advice. There is a guy I know who was so fed up with his dept boss that when an offer to ship out to a smaller competitor came, he didn't think twice about it.

So as he was being allocated system access rights in the new company, the IT guy was like, " you are so lucky, Mr. xyz (his former boss), will be the new head of dept here "


Sad Sad Sad Sad
If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
kysse
#35 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:49:06 PM
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smile
washiku
#36 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:47:40 PM
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FRM2011 wrote:
2012 wrote:
kysse wrote:
Situation.

1. You are employed.
2. Co.is presently training you at their hq.
3. You have been assured of better income.
4. Your Immediate boss has suddenly taken to stealing most glory for your hard work...kills the zeal and drains energy.
5. You really love your job,but feel drained because of point 4. It's like being subdued,chocked but you learn to smile through it all.
6. A greater position and good package comes knocking at your door from a different co.without you seeking and leaves you at cross roads.

What to do?

A cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband in this position.


Never ever leave a job, project, dreams because of a person or people. There are over 6 billion people in the world and you cannot result to running away every time one offends you, you could be jumping from the frying pan... The company you would want to move to might have the best profile on paper but does it have profiles on individuals too? Will you have the boss you want? I doubt.
Ask yourself this question and you'll know the right thing to do; If your boss was removed, would you still consider leaving? If no, then you should stay, God has a way of removing obstacles from the road and creating detours if you believe in Him and pray.
Now about people, don't worry too much especially if you are at the point of leaving, after all all your boss can do is fire you, not kill you or send you to prison...

I agree with Wendz, the money can be confusing and counter offers even more confusing because of the 'better the devil you know' mentality so ignore the carrot/s and things will become clear, after all if you deserved it, they'd have given it to you before.


@2012, that's very good advice. There is a guy I know who was so fed up with his dept boss that when an offer to ship out to a smaller competitor came, he didn't think twice about it.

So as he was being allocated system access rights in the new company, the IT guy was like, " you are so lucky, Mr. xyz (his former boss), will be the new head of dept here "


Arrrgh....Sad Sad d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!
Rankaz13
#37 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 7:32:11 PM
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Swenani wrote:
2012 wrote:
kysse wrote:
Situation.

1. You are employed.
2. Co.is presently training you at their hq.
3. You have been assured of better income.
4. Your Immediate boss has suddenly taken to stealing most glory for your hard work...kills the zeal and drains energy.
5. You really love your job,but feel drained because of point 4. It's like being subdued,chocked but you learn to smile through it all.
6. A greater position and good package comes knocking at your door from a different co.without you seeking and leaves you at cross roads.

What to do?

A cousin to a friend of an uncles's sister's husband in this position.


Never ever leave a job, project, dreams because of a person or people. There are over 6 billion people in the world and you cannot result to running away every time one offends you, you could be jumping from the frying pan... The company you would want to move to might have the best profile on paper but does it have profiles on individuals too? Will you have the boss you want? I doubt.
Ask yourself this question and you'll know the right thing to do; If your boss was removed, would you still consider leaving? If no, then you should stay, God has a way of removing obstacles from the road and creating detours if you believe in Him and pray.
Now about people, don't worry too much especially if you are at the point of leaving, after all all your boss can do is fire you, not kill you or send you to prison...

I agree with Wendz, the money can be confusing and counter offers even more confusing because of the 'better the devil you know' mentality so ignore the carrot/s and things will become clear, after all if you deserved it, they'd have given it to you before.


Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause

Counter offers are usually a stop gap measure as they try to find your replacement(fire you)


Applause Applause Applause Applause

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
kysse
#38 Posted : Tuesday, September 23, 2014 8:38:10 PM
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Wendz wrote:


Then stay at your current job.

But the fact remains, taking a counter offer is not a very good idea as a long term strategy.... not when you have another option - a "good" option. The best would be you push for an even better offer in your prospective new employer.


You what Wendz? You are one smart person.

We overlooked a couple of things mentioned in the post.

1. Never leave your current job for money sake.
After all people leave well paying jobs to stay at home, so Money can never be a good or the only motivator.

2. Do not think about now,but future career prospects/growth.

3. Never leave a place that is doing well esp a multinational.There is a lot learn, contribute,the network notwithstanding.

4.Never take Co.trainings for granted.For christ's sake,it's not a charity.

5.Of course your work gets acknoweldged. No serious Co.would invest in a non-performer.

6.Your boss is there to keep you sane.(if you have a nice onesmile.They make you become better and work harder,at least the ones that I know of.

Ok Go ye and work hard. Do not jump before your time.
and you will be rewarded.smile








2012
#39 Posted : Wednesday, September 24, 2014 10:50:40 AM
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kysse wrote:
Wendz wrote:


Then stay at your current job.

But the fact remains, taking a counter offer is not a very good idea as a long term strategy.... not when you have another option - a "good" option. The best would be you push for an even better offer in your prospective new employer.


You what Wendz? You are one smart person.

We overlooked a couple of things mentioned in the post.

1. Never leave your current job for money sake.
After all people leave well paying jobs to stay at home, so Money can never be a good or the only motivator.

2. Do not think about now,but future career prospects/growth.

3. Never leave a place that is doing well esp a multinational.There is a lot learn, contribute,the network notwithstanding.

4.Never take Co.trainings for granted.For christ's sake,it's not a charity.

5.Of course your work gets acknoweldged. No serious Co.would invest in a non-performer.

6.Your boss is there to keep you sane.(if you have a nice onesmile.They make you become better and work harder,at least the ones that I know of.

Ok Go ye and work hard. Do not jump before your time.
and you will be rewarded.smile




I do not agree with point no. 3
There many multinationals are known to treat local employees badly. You can't even begin to compare the pay between a local and an expat on the same job level. My advice is, if you work for a multinational, do it for the experience then go local. I did the same and I provide the same solution I used to provide at the multinational at a more affordable rate in my business. By the way, I'm not undercutting them, I just don't have the kind of expensive overheads they have especially the bloated salaries they pay the undeserving expats.

BBI will solve it
:)
Swenani
#40 Posted : Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:16:33 AM
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2012 wrote:
kysse wrote:
Wendz wrote:


Then stay at your current job.

But the fact remains, taking a counter offer is not a very good idea as a long term strategy.... not when you have another option - a "good" option. The best would be you push for an even better offer in your prospective new employer.


You what Wendz? You are one smart person.

We overlooked a couple of things mentioned in the post.

1. Never leave your current job for money sake.
After all people leave well paying jobs to stay at home, so Money can never be a good or the only motivator.

2. Do not think about now,but future career prospects/growth.

3. Never leave a place that is doing well esp a multinational.There is a lot learn, contribute,the network notwithstanding.

4.Never take Co.trainings for granted.For christ's sake,it's not a charity.

5.Of course your work gets acknoweldged. No serious Co.would invest in a non-performer.

6.Your boss is there to keep you sane.(if you have a nice onesmile.They make you become better and work harder,at least the ones that I know of.

Ok Go ye and work hard. Do not jump before your time.
and you will be rewarded.smile




I do not agree with point no. 3
There many multinationals are known to treat local employees badly. You can't even begin to compare the pay between a local and an expat on the same job level. My advice is, if you work for a multinational, do it for the experience then go local. I did the same and I provide the same solution I used to provide at the multinational at a more affordable rate in my business. By the way, I'm not undercutting them, I just don't have the kind of expenses they have including the bloated salaries they pay the expats.


I think Kysse is naive,afraid of the future or doesn't want to leave her employer(emotional attachment)
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