Why are you certain it’s irrational? If your employer is going to go bust anyways, better to be paid $100,000 for one year than $40,000 for three years. You get

Why are you certain it’s irrational? If your employer is going to go bust anyways, better to be paid $100,000 for one year than $40,000 for three years. You get an extra two years to earn money somewhere else.