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Re:210 Zappos employees – 14% of the staff – take buyouts af... by hydrogen18 on Friday May 08, 2015 @04:01PM (#9513815)
The company I worked at "solved" this problem by offering the same package but with a clausing stating "key employees are not eligible to receive this package". There was some legalese at the end of the document that deciding who was "key" was ultimately up the company and no explanation was required.

As one of my co-workers explained it: If you're incompetent you can get a great payout and then go be someone else's problem.

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Re:210 Zappos employees – 14% of the staff – take buyouts af... by danielweber on Friday May 08, 2015 @05:01PM (#9514127)
That sucks. If you ask, you are signaling you want to leave, which you don't want to do unless you really can.
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Re:210 Zappos employees – 14% of the staff – take buyouts af... by s73v3r on Friday May 08, 2015 @06:41PM (#9514536)
Isn't that illegal, though?
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Re:210 Zappos employees – 14% of the staff – take buyouts af... by hydrogen18 on Sunday May 10, 2015 @09:37PM (#9522230)
Possibly, but I have no idea really. You'd have to sue them anyways to find out wouldn't you?
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