It sucks psychologically. You still get paid, have benefits, you interview for the new position but it's not like you put your resume in the stack with everyon

It sucks psychologically. You still get paid, have benefits, you interview for the new position but it's not like you put your resume in the stack with everyone else. Still there's no guarantee you'll be able to find another position. But people have used this time as a chance to change their career track, and that probably wouldn't be possible on the open market. Exact employment status during this interim time is confusing because Mozilla is international and the people affected fall under different labor laws. In the U.S. where there's almost nothing is mandatory you can describe these arrangements any way you want. In Europe if you want to establish a time limit I think you have to actually give the person notice that they are laid off.