P & S Counter Offer Parameters
Counter Offer Below 1st Quartile
• Hiring department makes salary offer based on education and experience.
• Employee’s current department can match hiring department’s offer or make multiple
counter offers up to hiring department’s current offer.
• Hiring department can make multiple counter offers up to the 1st quartile of the new pay
grade.
• Hiring department and current department must review salary offer for equity within their
department and across the University’s colleges and divisions. Assistance will be
provided by Compensation and Classification if requested.
• Employee determines if they want to accept hiring department’s offer or remain in
current department.
• Salary offers below the 1st Quartile will not need to be approved by Compensation &
Classification.
Counter Offer Above 1st Quartile
• Hiring department makes salary offer based on education and experience.
• Employee’s current department can match hiring department’s offer or make multiple
counter offers up to the hiring department’s initial salary offer. Assistance will be
provided by Compensations and Classification if requested.
• Hiring department and current department must review salary offer for equity within their
department.
• Compensation and Classification will perform an equity analysis.
• Neither the current department nor the hiring department can offer more than initial
salary offer (no bidding wars).
• Employee determines if they want to accept hiring department’s offer or remain in
current department.
• Compensation & Classification must be contacted prior to a counter offer being made
above the first quartile and must approve the counter offer.
External Counter Offers
• Current department is provided a signed offer letter or e-mail from an authorized
representative of the external organization/institution.
• Employee’s current organization and department recommend counter offer and provide
justification to Compensation and Classification