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Should You Accept a Counteroffer? Here’s How To Decide

September 4, 2022

You’ve been interviewing for a job, and finally, got the perfect offer. You gladly accept it and submit your resignation letter to your boss and HR. Then a few days later, your boss wants to meet. They tell you that you are an asset to the team and they don’t want to see you go. After some back and forth, they throw out a counteroffer that’s hard to resist.

Now what: should you accept a counteroffer or move on to the new company? This post will help you figure out the best course of action.

Should You Accept a Counteroffer?

The decision to accept a counteroffer from your current employer is yours to make. But you might understand the pros and cons of doing so. On the pro side, you get to keep your old (and hopefully, loved) job and a bigger paycheck. On the con side, if money weren’t the only reason for leaving, you’ll likely get back to interviewing within a year or so. …

Marcos, Pacquiao Could Decide Nuclear’s Fate in Philippines

April 20, 2022

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The candidate leading in the polls just weeks ahead of the May 9 presidential election in the Philippines has vowed to make nuclear power part of the country’s energy mix if he is elected, saying it is the best technology to tackle the country’s high electricity prices.

Other candidates, while noting the importance of nuclear power, have said the country must transition to more renewable energy resources if it wants solve both economic and climate issues.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., whose father Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ruled the country from 1965 to 1986, including instituting martial law for nearly a decade, is considered the frontrunner among 10 presidential candidates. The list of rivals includes retired Filipino sports star Manny Pacquiao, revered in the Philippines for his professional boxing career and who has served as a legislator in the country since 2016. Marcos Jr.’s main challenger, according to recent polling, is Leni Robredo, the country’s current vice president.

Others in the race include Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso, and legislator Panfilo Lacson.…

Unhappy At A New Job? Ten Questions To Help You Decide Whether To Stay Or Quit – Forbes

September 8, 2019

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Unhappy At A New Job? Ten Questions To Help You Decide Whether To Stay Or Quit Forbes

It is not unheard of, even with a thorough job search, that you end up in the wrong job for you. Do you stay and try to make it work? Or do you quit now, even if …

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Georgia PSC Will Decide Vogtle’s Fate on December 21

December 12, 2017

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The Georgia Public Service Commission on December 11 said it will decide December 21 whether to allow construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Plant Vogtle site to move forward, or call for the project to be canceled.

Commissioners voted Monday to move up the timetable for a decision on the troubled nuclear project after noting that Georgia Power CEO Paul Bowers said his company would pass through $ 150 million in tax savings to ratepayers, if the project is canceled by year-end. The move came on the first of four days of hearings in Atlanta, Georgia, to determine the next steps for the PSC and Georgia Power with regard to the oft-delayed construction of two new AP1000 reactors at the nuclear plant near Waynesboro, Georgia.

This week’s hearings had been expected to pave the way for a PSC decision on the project’s fate, a decision originally scheduled for February 2018. POWER magazine has been among those reporting that pending changes to the federal corporate tax rate structure under consideration by Congress could accelerate that timetable.…