Cisco is known to provider 6+ months of severance along with health benefits and other perks to employees that it lays off. If you ever have to pick a company t

Cisco is known to provider 6+ months of severance along with health benefits and other perks to employees that it lays off. If you ever have to pick a company to get canned from, Cisco is a good choice. Anecdote: I know quite a few engineers who were laid off as part of a product reorganization (read: engineering for this product moved to India). At a minimum everyone received 6 months. On the high end, if you were asked to stay and help in the transition, you received 6-9 months plus 1.5x salary during the transition, which lasted approximately 4-6 months if I recall.