I am planning on using a competing offer I don't even want just to force my current company into matching a $20k salary increase. I love my current team, my commute is short, and I know the processes inside out, but I am objectively underpaid by at least 20% compared to local market rates. I passed the final round for a toxic company I would never actually join, but the written offer letter is clean and lists $115k base. Am I going to destroy the professional relationship?

Stayed in auditing to manager level. What are my options? I'm told not even experience to exit without taking a cut. What are others' experience? Tips?

Is a $140k SEC Reporting Manager role at a gas company worth a mandatory 5-day return to office? I am currently a Senior 3 in public making $112k, fully remote. This SEC reporting offer is a massive cash jump, a true management title. However, the office is in a suburban corporate park with a 45-minute commute each way, meaning I’m giving up 7.5 hours a week to my car. Would you do it?

Say you accept an offer. Start date is still 3 weeks out. Another company you've been interviewing with then sends you an offer you'd be much happier with. Do you bail on the company you already accepted?

I just found out that the $115k Senior Accountant offer I received uses a bonus structure based on company performance rather than individual KPIs. The HR rep tried to sell me on the fact that the company historically pays out at 100%, but legally, they could give me a $0 bonus check. Coming from public where the bonus is small but guaranteed based on your rating, this feels like sketchy. Do you guys negotiate for a higher base salary to offset a bonus clause like this, or is this just standard practice in corporate America?