If you are at all valuable to your company they will most likely try to keep you onboard by making a counter-offer. However, career advisors are nearly unanimous in that you should never accept a counter-offer. It won’t change the things you were unhappy about at your old company, unless the source of that unhappiness was your salary.
And even if money was the issue, and even if it’s addressed by the counter-offer, your boss will immediately start looking for a replacement for you. Make no mistake about it, you have been tagged as disgruntled, disloyal, and unreliable, and you are living on borrowed time. Your employer just wants to keep you on to reduce any disruptions until they can find someone else to fill your shoes.
The fact is, you will most likely be out of that job within six months one way or another. That’s how it is with most people who accept counter-offers. Even if you think the company won’t hold a grudge, chances are you’re less likely to get promotions and big raises in the future, which will only cause you to start looking again.
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