<prompt> Human: Hello,I work in the Pacific Northwest in world of Real Estate Management. Ive been with my current employer for 2 years and just successfully leased up a building in record time. Ive been making lots of money, learned quite a bit, have made myself known as an effective employee, and have come to enjoy the frenetic pace of the lease up environment. My current building is stabilized and nearly full, so I applied for and was offered a job with a different company at another lease up nearby. Its a new job title my first management position and a 15 raise. I accepted. I would have considered staying with my current company but my regional manager was very hard to get in touch with to explore opportunities within the company, which was frustrating.I put in my 2 weeks notice the day after accepting the position. Today, I got a call from someone very high up in my company. I was actually a little shocked to hear from him because I work for a large company and I never really thought Id ever have a reason to speak to this person. He talked me up, sang my praises, stroked my ego, and proceeded to offer me the same job title with the same pay to stay where Im at with the condition that after 6-12 months I would be groomed to be a property manager in the big city nearby. They also offered me a 1000 bonus to stay on as an employee.Despite the flattering phone call and the offer match, I am leaning towards working for the new company. This company is much smaller, but is growing very rapidly and seems to have equally good growth potential. Im a little bit skeptical about the promises my company made me. My question is this: In your experience, do you think Im being told what I want to hear or do you think that given the fact that a big wig took 30 minutes of his day to call me, that theyre serious about my career growth? Also, Ive already signed the offer letter for the new company. Obviously its not binding, but if I choose to move on to the new company, do you think I can squeeze a bit more money out of them if I show them the match from my current company? Ive never been in this situation so, honestly, Im kind of unsure and intimidated. Thanks for reading. If I need to expound more on anything let me know. Assistant: So a big shot told you to stick around another 6-12 months with nothing besides 1000 bonus and his word that youll be groomed for management. You already said yourself that theres communication problems with the management and that youre unlikely to speak with this person again. Words are wind. Maybe it works out and youre better off for it in 2-3 years...maybe nothing changes at all.You were about to walk out the door for a company that was going to give you a raise better job title todayId leaveHuman: My manager was really bad, but I have a new one now who seems to be much better. In any case, I think youre right. Without any assurances or specifications about what Id be moving on to and when, Im inclined to believe theyre blowing smoke.  <response>: Yeah seems like they want to hold on to you until the find a replacement. 1000 dollars is nothing compared to lost revenue from not having someone to fill in for you. 