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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by jameshush on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:47PM (#23084094)
The "high severance upon termination" is smart, I never thought about asking for that. I'll definitely try that in the future!
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by robocat on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:51PM (#23086053)
This is called a a golden handshake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handshake

Unless you are receiving executive level compensation and/or you have a serious public reputation on the line, no reasonable company would consider giving you that. It would give you the perverse incentive to try to get fired and someone negotiating for that would be a strong negative signal - an economic moral hazard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard

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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by bkanber on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @04:37PM (#23084748)
There's a reason nobody has ever extended him this offer, and I suspect this is it.
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