The optimist in me wants to think that the executive team realized they had about 4 or 5 months before they had to lay off these folks, so they decided to give them a few months of time to look for work and be with their families since there wasn't that much work to do anyways. Maybe if they do this, then in a few years when the economy recovered those ex employees would want to return to Airbnb.

Either way, it's a good package, since most people are getting zilch at other places.