> In the surprise meeting, they offered a fair chunk of money People are getting hung up on the dollar figure in replies here, which I think misses the point.

> In the surprise meeting, they offered a fair chunk of money People are getting hung up on the dollar figure in replies here, which I think misses the point. It's super common for companies to tie a severance package (assuming more than statutory requirement, ymmv with jurisdiction) to a non-disclosure, non-disparagement, non-compete that is often far more aggressive than whatever you signed at the beginning. It's definitely worth thinking about whether or not the agreement makes sense to you. This is one of the big differences with executive contracts; often all of this is already sorted out at time of hire, and everyone is pretty much open eyed about the failure modes.