You were way over paid, got a big severance package and a gift from Tiffany’s.

How horrible

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now you know why she was three lawsuits against her. She’s psycho.

But also, yea, count your blessings. I have friends laid off after 18+ years at a tech company and they’ve all gotten two weeks severance. Your situation could be a lot worse.

She’s not a psycho, this is typical. Welcome to tech!

My company always sent Tiffany’s gifts from the corporate catalog to people who were forced out (along with those who left voluntarily) over a certain level of seniority. I don’t think usually the manager had much say, they were asked to write a note sometimes and then one of the CEOs assistants sent the gift. Sometimes the company just sent it.

I have seen it done in academia. They traded a bad employee for a good employee (both leaving), and the bad employee, because they had been there for "so long" was encouraged to "retire" and given a big sendoff. Yes, there were other lawsuits prior to. It's no secret what happens in some places, nor is it any secret why. But yes, the leadership tends to be terrible is these situations.

In this case, it sounds like you were an employee not financially vested in the company, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:My vote is 2 tumblers.

I’m the one whose company sent these and it was usually a silver frame.

This is so vestigial.

Anonymous wrote:She had to keep the line that it was about performance and not budget. You got the best possible deal. Now everyone has to pretend you chose to leave. The present is just to smooth any rough edges, which she correctly sensed you had. There’s not a better scenario. Just take the gift and move on.

All this. You yourself said this is how your company operates. Let go of the fury. You blame your boss but it's the whole culture that's the problem.

At my last job in corporate America they kept me, their #1 sales person, until the last day of the quarter then fired me with no notice. Then didn't pay my very well earned bonus. So, yeah, you got off easy.

Emaciated?

Hehe I bet she got a little moist sending that gift over as one last FU. You have been completely emaciated by this girl boss.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She had to keep the line that it was about performance and not budget. You got the best possible deal. Now everyone has to pretend you chose to leave. The present is just to smooth any rough edges, which she correctly sensed you had. There’s not a better scenario. Just take the gift and move on.

This is it. She can't be candid. I would return it to Tiffany's and use the credit towards something else, maybe for your spouse.

Why on earth should she buy something for her spouse? Heck no, buy yourself something nice with that credit, OP!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She had to keep the line that it was about performance and not budget. You got the best possible deal. Now everyone has to pretend you chose to leave. The present is just to smooth any rough edges, which she correctly sensed you had. There’s not a better scenario. Just take the gift and move on.

This is it. She can't be candid. I would return it to Tiffany's and use the credit towards something else, maybe for your spouse.

Sometimes you cannot return it, especially if it’s an item specifically purchased through the corporate catalog program by the company (often in bulk) , which these things (same as awards) usually are.

Anonymous wrote:My vote is 2 tumblers.

I’m the one whose company sent these and it was usually a silver frame.

Anonymous wrote:I think you’re reading way too much into it. It’s probably the same vase or whatever it is that she sends to everyone who leaves.

This, I’m the pp whose company automatically sent a Tiffany gift to all leavers with a certain level of seniority and tenure, regardless of circumstances. The company paid for the gifts, by the way.

My vote is 2 tumblers.

Anonymous wrote:Now you know why she was three lawsuits against her. She’s psycho.

But also, yea, count your blessings. I have friends laid off after 18+ years at a tech company and they’ve all gotten two weeks severance. Your situation could be a lot worse.

She’s not a psycho, this is typical. Welcome to tech!

My company always sent Tiffany’s gifts from the corporate catalog to people who were forced out (along with those who left voluntarily) over a certain level of seniority. I don’t think usually the manager had much say, they were asked to write a note sometimes and then one of the CEOs assistants sent the gift. Sometimes the company just sent it.

keep and take a picture of that note and the present

could come in handy

You asked for a buyout and you also should have known what to expect.