A couple of months ago, I was closing on a dream hire for a client. Everything was set, interviews aced, salary negotiated, offer letter sent and the candidate was thrilled!
Then came that call from candidate,
“Hiii! I wanted to inform something.”
I was expecting some negotiation about the joining date so I replied, “Yes, what do you want to inform me about?”
He hesitated initially and whispered, “I've decided to stay at my current workplace.”
I was like, “Whatt!!”, is he drunk or what???
I questioned, “But you were so excited to join. What changed at the last moment?”
“Well, they gave me a counteroffer I couldn’t refuse,” he said, sounding almost guilty.
I tried to dig more, “What kind of counter offer? Was it a better salary?”
He said, “Nope!”
Better Role?
He said, ”No!”
“Work life balance?”
Not exactly..
After a long pause, he revealed, “They promised to stop monitoring us every second.”
I just congratulated and wondered was his decision worth it? What do you think?