I understand your concerns and certainly don't mean to minimise them, this is just my personal experience and opinion after all :) Do what you feel comfortable

I understand your concerns and certainly don't mean to minimise them, this is just my personal experience and opinion after all :) Do what you feel comfortable with at the end of the day. My original reply was meant as one possible answer that I have seen first hand to work well for both parties. I will add as another personal opinion though that I very rarely see people that choose to stay at a company going though layoffs hanging around very long. More often than not those people experience a 'depression' (for want of a better word that escapes me as I write this) seeing their friends leave, not having the freedom the had back in the "good old days", little if any progression, the constant "sorry not this quarter, we're still recovering from the layoffs", living in constant anxiety that they will be in the next round of layoffs, etc. So they often leave within a year or two anyway. Over the years I have played this game and now I am a bit more proactive about exiting before that 'depression' hits me. Of course what is right for me is not right for all, only you can truly decide what you feel is best given your situation.