How to Handle the Internal Transfer Counteroffer

The Internal Move Podcast with Fexingo: Lateral Roles, Internal Transfers, and Staying at Your Company · May 25, 2026 · 8m · transcript

You get a job offer from another company, you tell your boss you're leaving, and suddenly your current employer offers you more money, a new title, or a different role to stay. Should you take it? In this episode of The Internal Move Podcast, Lucas and Luna look at the internal counteroffer: why employers make them, what the data says about staying after accepting one, and how to navigate the moment without burning bridges or shortchanging your career. They walk through a real scenario from a listener who got a 20 percent raise to stay put — and what happened twelve months later. If…