A counteroffer can be flattering and financially tempting, but it rarely solves the reason you started looking in the first place. Before you decide to stay, here is what accepting one can mean for your career trajectory, your standing with your employer, and the decision you were already working toward.

Insurance professionals are harder to replace than most companies are accounting for right now. If you haven't priced yourself against that reality, you're negotiating from the wrong number. 

Public and private accounting lead to genuinely different careers. The work, the hours, the compensation structure, and the leadership paths diverge in ways that matter more than most people realize before they are deep into one of them. Here is what both actually look like.