[sokoloff]

I’ve never heard of a company pulling an offer because a candidate was applying somewhere else.

As a hiring manager, I’ve certainly never done it, because I basically don’t care where else you’re considering working. I’ll put our situation (project, team, comp, culture, etc) forward and you decide if you think it’s your best option. We might negotiate a tiny amount, but if you find a place that’s a lot better for you, you should go there, but I’m not pulling back the offer we made.

[no_wizard]

I do want to clarify, its not common (the pull the offer part), but I've had a friend go through it, and I once had it happen.

More often, alot of times the company will say something about going with the other offer, like you stated, or something in that ballpark.

A couple times though, I had a company dutifully try and convince me that the perks and work-life balance were better, even thought the salary maybe was not. That was an interesting one.

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

If you told me I got a ton of vacation time for a significant salary cut I would seriously consider the offer. Or some 4-day workweek setup. Those are the kind of things I would take a significant chunk of less money for.