California they have to pay out PTO, that is, if they actually earned those benefits. When I worked in vfx, very few people were 'staff' and most were 'contract

California they have to pay out PTO, that is, if they actually earned those benefits. When I worked in vfx, very few people were 'staff' and most were 'contractors' so basically W-2 with no benefits charging hopefully high enough rates to get by. What they needed is to have a less reputable CEO - mine paid out $2k for signing a non-disparagement clause when 3/4 of the staff were laid off and the rest moved to Vancouver.