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Growing your team in Derbyshire: the people problems that keep coming back
I was at a networking event in Clowne last week. A business owner walked me through their recruitment process in real detail: two or three rounds, a culture fit session, the works. Then told me they couldn't find decent candidates. On the inside, I was thinking: that is not a candidate problem!
Do counter-offers actually work when an employee resigns?
When an employee resigns, a counter-offer feels like action. More money, a better title, promises of change.
But by the time someone hands in their notice, they’ve already emotionally left. A counter-offer doesn’t fix what pushed them there. It just delays the exit.
UK data shows counter-offers are common, but far less effective than founders think. And in many cases, they quietly make the next resignation more likely, not less.