An employee was on paid time off when a recruiter called, sounding urgent. They were desperate to fill a role he would be perfect for. Could he interview that same day? The full team was assembled online within hours. The interview went well. The offer came almost immediately after the call ended. The formal letter arrived the next morning.
Instead of accepting, he took the offer letter to his current employer. They matched. Then they exceeded it: a 35 percent salary increase and a promotion to Senior Manager. Total elapsed time from cold call to promotion: roughly thirty-six hours. He called it the best PTO he had ever taken.