<p>I’ve been a hiring manager before and have done a lot of candidate interviewing. I’ve also seen people essentially blacklisted in the industry (there are three main companies that do what we did back then) for playing games (trying to recruit before the last day, playing salaries off from one company to another, etc.).</p>
<p>I’ve been in the situation where I took another job and then the current company offered me more than the new company or offered to pay high rates for consulting work. I always took the new job and only did the consulting with written permission from the new employer. It’s your decision and I don’t know what the business is like in your area.</p>