High-level employees often have contracts with specific severance terms, even at tech companies. For example, Carly Fiorina got around $40 million in compensati

High-level employees often have contracts with specific severance terms, even at tech companies. For example, Carly Fiorina got around $40 million in compensation when she was fired from HP. But lower-level employees, at least without a union, typically lack the leverage to negotiate much of anything as far as employment security or severance terms go.