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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by rendall on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:54AM (#33391550)
> I'd be trying to figure out how to maximize my severance package...

How would one go about doing that? Is there a way to have influence on that?

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:57AM (#33391572)
i don't know, but quit vs fire probably makes a difference.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by rendall on Sunday October 30, 2022 @02:06AM (#33391622)
Quit vs fire vs layoff is the strategy of deciding to have a severance or not having one.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by pclmulqdq on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:19AM (#33394262)
Fire = chance of lawsuit

Layoff = severance (to avoid the lawsuit)

Quit = neither

It's obvious which one Musk would prefer.

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by Markoff on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:18AM (#33394700)
sometimes quitting voluntarily can give you better severance than forced layoff
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Sunday October 30, 2022 @11:59AM (#33395572)
How does that work? Do they make an open offer to everyone if they quit they get $x?
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by pclmulqdq on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:06PM (#33395633)
That can happen, but people tend to call that a voluntary layoff.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by Markoff on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:40PM (#33398428)
yes, though not exactly sure how is it beneficial to company, maybe then they are not obliged to follow stricter rules for mass layoffs, if they can lower the threshold of leaving people
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