That 1/3 of employees opted to leave the company is eye-popping, but any analysis that ignores just how generous the buyout was (like this article does) are pro

That 1/3 of employees opted to leave the company is eye-popping, but any analysis that ignores just how generous the buyout was (like this article does) are probably going to come to some wrong conclusions. You don’t have to be disgruntled at all to take a 6 mo or 3 mo salary buyout. (I read 6 mo for people at the company over three years, 3 mo otherwise.) Anything short of highly motivated to stay would have to think seriously about taking that.