Externally the basecamp saga seems dramatic. I think the explanation is a lot simpler. At the core though, they have a highly talented group of people that pro

Externally the basecamp saga seems dramatic. I think the explanation is a lot simpler. At the core though, they have a highly talented group of people that probably won't have trouble finding a job in 6 months. If I was in that situation, and I agreed with the changes they made (I read Jason Fried's post, and mostly agree), I would still take the buyout! 6 months salary for me, or most engineers (or anyone, really) is A LOT of money. I like my job, and I've had lifestyle jobs that I absolutely LOVED. I can't say that I have ever loved a job so much that I would turn down that much money to leave. If I was staying I would be pretty annoyed, the people that leave get a bag of cash, and the people that stay get to pick up the slack while their former colleagues get on twitter to dump on the company?