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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by conception on Thursday October 16, 2025 @12:30PM (#45607468)
One comment on this is when you leave a company is customary to give your two weeks. Companies rarely offer than consideration for employees. This unbalanced power dynamic is even greater as a layoff doesn’t mean a catastrophic situation for the company but for the employee it often is. The two events shouldn’t be compared apples to apples.
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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by ahtihn on Thursday October 16, 2025 @12:58PM (#45607809)
> Companies rarely offer than consideration for employees

In almost all layoff situations, employees get severance even in the US no?

At least for the big tech layoffs that seemed to be the case.

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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by cm2012 on Thursday October 16, 2025 @01:19PM (#45608058)
This is the case for big tech, almost never for small businesses in usa
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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by gmanley on Thursday October 16, 2025 @01:27PM (#45608146)
Define small business, because unless you are talking a mom and pop shop, my experience is severance is still a thing and definitely not big tech exclusive.
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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by cm2012 on Thursday October 16, 2025 @05:08PM (#45610679)
Any company under 50 employees, which makes up 85% of American businesses. And even bigger companies outside of tech usually give really small severance. Tech is basically the only area where you get 3-6 month packages for a standard lay off.
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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by lovich on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:09PM (#45609443)
Big tech is unique in usually giving severance. I’ve only seen it given to non director+ titles once in my career
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