My aunt got laid off after ~40 years of employment, which meant a welcomed bit early retirement for her and a multiple year salary severance pay. My mom got la

My aunt got laid off after ~40 years of employment, which meant a welcomed bit early retirement for her and a multiple year salary severance pay. My mom got laid off after a bit over 15 years of employment and got about 2 years salary as severance pay. On top of that stuff like healthinsurance isn't a "benefit", but a social security and taken care of even in unemployment.