Anonymous wrote:If you are fired I don’t believe you get severance. I asked to be laid off back in the day and got it! It was awesome.

My DH was fired from his last job and received four month’s pay / severance in exchange for signing a non disclosure agreement. It was getting worse and worse with him and others constantly butting heads. They accused him of something he didn’t do (and could prove he didn’t do with emails) but right before he was so fed up he was going to quit they fired him. He took a few weeks off to decompress because it had been really stressful and got hired again almost as soon as he started looking. He was back at work about two months after losing his prior job.

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Anonymous wrote:Admire people who can do this. I have a former boss who was GREAT at it. Always landed on his feet. Bought a 2nd home in Middleburg with one of the lay-off packages.

Not a flex

Well as mentioned wasn’t me, was a former boss. I wish it were.

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Anonymous wrote:You're not getting the $200k. It was never yours. You need to mentally get over that. They'll find a way to fire you for cause.

Highly unlikely. I’m performing my job duties and in a protected class.

Everyone is a protected class. Every race, religion, disability etc is a protected class, including white male Christians.

Could be over 40, which is also protected to my knowledge

Anonymous wrote:Where's the integrity? Doing the bare minimum and trying to wrangle a large severance package? How about doing your job to the best of your ability and if your current job isn't fulfilling in some way, go find another.

A growing number of disgruntled American workers lack integrity nowadays and do everything possible to avoid actually producing good work and showing up to work. And then have the nerve to pull stunts like this as well.

Where's the integrity? Doing the bare minimum and trying to wrangle a large severance package? How about doing your job to the best of your ability and if your current job isn't fulfilling in some way, go find another.

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Anonymous wrote:You're not getting the $200k. It was never yours. You need to mentally get over that. They'll find a way to fire you for cause.

Highly unlikely. I’m performing my job duties and in a protected class.

Everyone is a protected class. Every race, religion, disability etc is a protected class, including white male Christians.

https://www.financialsamurai.com/how-to-negotiate-a-severance-as-an-excellent-employee/

The Financial Samurai (link above) has written a book about this. Granted, it only applies if you are a top-performing employee.

Anonymous wrote:Admire people who can do this. I have a former boss who was GREAT at it. Always landed on his feet. Bought a 2nd home in Middleburg with one of the lay-off packages.

Not a flex

Admire people who can do this. I have a former boss who was GREAT at it. Always landed on his feet. Bought a 2nd home in Middleburg with one of the lay-off packages.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you know you would get 200k severance? Is this company policy? Why does boss have it out for you? File a complaint with HR and see if they will send you on your way with the 200k to make it all go away.

It’s written into my contract. I don’t know why boss has it out for me but he’s the owner. HR has no power.

I really doubt that. What is the exact language?

DP here. You've never heard of an employment agreement? They are fairly common in the private sector at higher levels. Guaranteed severance is a common feature of said agreement.

Of course I have. Nevertheless few contracts at what sounds like OP's level contain anything that provides $200K a year - hence the request for the actual language. Sure CEO's get golden parachutes. STaff that write poorly like OP do not

OP here. I’m not the PP with the poor grammar.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you know you would get 200k severance? Is this company policy? Why does boss have it out for you? File a complaint with HR and see if they will send you on your way with the 200k to make it all go away.

It’s written into my contract. I don’t know why boss has it out for me but he’s the owner. HR has no power.

I really doubt that. What is the exact language?

DP here. You've never heard of an employment agreement? They are fairly common in the private sector at higher levels. Guaranteed severance is a common feature of said agreement.

Of course I have. Nevertheless few contracts at what sounds like OP's level contain anything that provides $200K a year - hence the request for the actual language. Sure CEO's get golden parachutes. STaff that write poorly like OP do not

If you are fired I don’t believe you get severance. I asked to be laid off back in the day and got it! It was awesome.

Read this: https://www.financialsamurai.com/how-to-make-money-quitting-your-job-2/