<prompt> Human: I work for a small IT agency. I love my job, and have a close relationship with the people who work here. I was just browsing around the job market to see what was out there, but I ended up getting a competitive offer for 40,000 with a 5,000 raise after 90 days. At my current job, I am making 22,000 a year. I told my boss that I was considering this offer and they countered with 34,000 a year with a promise to give me a raise in the future. They stated that is the max amount of money that they can offer me without the company losing money. Theyre asking me to consider my time as an investment into growing the company and telling me that this other company will see me as expendable and treat me as just an employee. I decreased their development time on client projects from 15 weeks to 6 weeks, as well as doing more work than asked for. I dont know if accepting the counteroffer is worth it.Assistant: You need to take the 40k offer. Once you throw it out there to your current boss, he is looking to find the next person that he can get at your 22k salary. Human: I just dont know how many people out there would be willing to work for that low of salary with the quality of work that I do.  <response>: WHO CARES! Not your problem. Take the new job and dont look back. 