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I'm a retail store manager and they are feeling me out for a larger volume store. I'm in a lease where I'm at right now until March 1st of next year. The new location is two hours away, but I could live with my mom while waiting for my lease to expire. I also have a fiance that would like to finish out a year with her job and stay in the apartment until our lease is up as well.
I'm for one afraid the offer is going to be very low. I would imagine they are going to only make an offer for a few more thousand a year when everything is all said and done. I'm afraid to counter offer with what I want or say no I'll stay where I'm at. I feel like my willingness to move should be valued when you consider all the "squatters" we have in our company but I feel like all it does is make them look at me like a door mat.
I plan on counter offering against what I imagine would be their lowball offer. I'm currently set to make around $40 to $41 K this year. I'm war gaming in my head that they are going to make me an offer that puts me at around $43 K. My counter offer would be to keep my current pay plan where it is at and with the volume of the store I would be going to, it should put me at around $46 K to $48 K.
Could I get some tactful ways to say no thanks I'll continue to build the location I'm at without making them feel like I just slapped them in the face?
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If you don't want it, just say "I really appreciate the offer, but right now relocation is not in the cards. I love where I am now and would like to continue my success. I would be open to something further down the road"
If they are considering you for a larger store, then you must be very talented. It looks like you are willing to move for the right offer. I would not limit myself to internal offers. I would explore the market and aim for a $10-20k increase.
So they expect you to move and you don't think they are going to help you with any kind of relo assistance and on top of that not offer you much of a raise? I would simply explain to them this just can't work financially.
Yeah, if it's a low offer, just let them know that it's not worth it to you. You're looking for more. And I'd leave them with the implication that it might not be there.
They know you're good. They don't want to lose you. And as long as it's business and not personal, you're not burning bridges.
As a bonus, if you find an external offer with better pay, you can request a counteroffer to the other store. It looks like they may move faster than you find another position though. I accepted another position, before giving the offer to my boss. He was upset that he was not given a chance to counteroffer. He was a great guy, I would have stayed for more money. You should not bluff, though. If you have a real offer and they do not want you back, you do not want to be left hanging.
Thanks for the advice. It looks like their initial offer is going to be much better than what I had planned my counter offer for. I'm waiting for the regional manager to weigh in, but I imagine I will be in my new location by next week since he mentioned my name first.
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