Job Offer and Counter Offer

Hi family,
It's been an interesting week and since the blog was badly in need of a post, I decided to share it here. :)

A few weeks ago, one of our friends from the old ward (a fellow HR girl) reached out to me about a job opportunity. One of her previous HR directors was recently made VP of HR at this local company called Jamberry and he found my profile on LinkedIn while searching for possible HR Generalist candidates for his team. He thought I looked like a good candidate and when he noticed that we had Katelyn as a mutual connection, he asked her to gauge my interest in meeting with him. I told her that I was open to it, so we arranged to meet for an interview about two weeks later. It was the most casual interview I've ever had, basically he just asked a bit about me and then I asked a bunch of questions about the position and that was it. This past Monday, I went in again to meet with the other members of their HR team. It seemed like a cool opportunity, probably more relaxed than my current job with an equally as comfortable team. Later the same day, they sent me an offer letter for the job offering me a 12% increase on my current salary, more vacation time, a few more holidays and a shorter commute (more like 20 min instead of 40 without traffic).

The whole thing was a nice surprise since I have not been looking for new jobs at all. It was kind of nice to be sought out as a passive candidate. :) The offer had some great benefits and I was definitely interested in taking the job, but the timing was less than ideal with my injuries and the fact that one of my co-workers just left for a different job. I thought the best approach would be to share the offer details with my boss and see if they would be open to countering. Our CEO was out of town for most of the week, so it took a few days but yesterday my leadership came back with a counter. They decided to match my Jamberry offer for a 12% salary increase and allow my position to stay work from home for at least 6 more months (possibly longer - to be evaluated again after 6 months) plus they offered additional intermittent flexibility to work from home as needed for pain management, additional surgeries, etc. My boss also said that she is willing to approve extended time off, give me flexibility when I need it to travel to see family or when they are in town, and give me the schedule of my choosing.  

Anyway, Max and I talked over both options, but ultimately we decided that accepting the counter offer from my current job would offer the most value to us. So this afternoon I accepted that offer and declined the Jamberry one. A happy ending to a unique week!

Love you all,
Corey