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Everyone will receive a minimum of 16 weeks severance plus a week for every year they worked at the company.

It's a bummer that they're having to make mass layoffs (again), but I'm glad they're offering decent severance.

I’m glad to see this every time. It helps set the industry standard, and companies that don’t give fair consideration will be labelled.

I remember a company I was once at had laid off some people in pretty bad faith (required them to relocate, and let them go after they moved across the continent) and the announcement was along the lines of “we understand the inconvenience so allow us to be generous with 4 weeks severance”, which was absolutely a slap in the face considering that’s barely two months of rent in this city.

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