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coldtea on Oct 4, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Never accept a counter-offer

>My recruiter practically broke down in tears when I accepted a counteroffer in 2013.

Sounds like he/she didn't make a wise career choice. So why the duck did they feel qualified to guide others to jobs?

gogopuppygogo on Oct 4, 2016 [–]

Recruiting is a sales job. Its the only sales job I know of where you can sell a product, the contract can be signed and the product can change it's mind and you don't get paid. It's brutal.

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