Lemme start by asking you a question,
Suppose you are doing a decent 9-5 job, from your connections, you get a better offer to join another company, what will be your call?
Lemme tell you, currently I'm suffering badly on the financial side, and the new one is kinda offering almost 20% increase from my current pay scale. Has other perks too, kinda very tempting to me or anyone.
But I rejected it with due respect. Why on earth did I do this?
It came early to me. To be honest, I was kinda hoping for something like that, but not now, actually. A little bit confusing, right? Similar incidents happened at my company recently, and then they restructured everyone's salary, and I was kind of very comfortable with mine. Maybe I'm expecting a rise after six months, probably. I could have enjoyed that rise right now by switching companies.
The thing is, here at my current company, I have a weight on my current position, an ownership, and heavyweighted voice to execute stuffs in my favor. On that new place, I might not have that team that listens to me and obeys my instructions. And switching companies is kind of a loop; once started, it's hard to get a pause and stop. We too have many people like that, who came just because of the better salary and facilities offered to them. I'm sure they will leave as well once they find a better deal.
But for me, this is something more than the monetary value. As this is my first company, so it got a different emotion, also the responsibilities I own are beyond description. Things are built by my hands; if I just walk away today, they will face backlash pretty badly. It's true that nothing gets stuck for anyone; they will overcome it, too, but it would take lots of time and money. All I'm doing is trying to focus on the long-term goals, as well as a few short ones to test myself.
I stayed, kinda letting go of an opportunity that is kinda rare to get. Maybe I will curse myself tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow needs to be mine. As long as I don't get passed on the offered benefits to me, it will keep bugging me on and on, i dont mind tho. Have seen seniors leaving in the past, the management got hit, and then they are trying to follow the standards as much as they can.
So yeah, May Allah bless me with the stuff I am badly in need of, my decision gets valued, not leave me in the wild has differences...will sit and continue.