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Serious question: why would you not laugh and say "Yeah, no"?
by notyourday 9y ago
Serious question: why would you not laugh and say "Yeah, no"?
- CommieBobDole 9y agoBecause the company is usually offering some sort of severance, which will be withheld if you say "Yeah, no". They're not saying, "you're laid off, effective today, but you have to stay for another two months", they're saying "you're laid off in two months, and your job duties are now to train your replacement". Saying "no" means resigning.
- s73ver_ 9y agoI'm not sure, but wouldn't saying no also mean forfeiting any unemployment you might otherwise be entitled to?
- CommieBobDole 9y agoMost likely, yes - depends on the state, of course, but generally you don't collect unemployment for a voluntary resignation.
- notyourday 9y agoOk, so if that's the case I'm seriously having a problem understanding this dilemma: if ($money_to_be_received > $aggravation ) { remain_here(); happy_whistles(); } else { say_bye_bye_suzi(); }
- s73ver_ 9y agoCause then you don't get your severance. And few people are prepared to lose their job out of the blue like that.
- rconti 9y agoBecause you get a runway to find a new job, you get a paycheck while you're on that runway, AND you get a severance at the end of the rainbow to tide you over if you haven't found that new job (or a killer bump to the savings/nice vacation/whatever) if you HAVE found a new job by the end. In addition to your PTO payout, or whatever. Else if you flip your desk and walk out, you get your PTO and now you have no job.