I've never had an employer who gave 3-6 months severance. Part of it also depends on your employability. A generalized, fungible skillset makes finding jobs r

I've never had an employer who gave 3-6 months severance. Part of it also depends on your employability. A generalized, fungible skillset makes finding jobs relatively quick. If I were a SWE in SFO, I'd take the severance. For me, good jobs come up once every 1-2 years. When they do, they're AWESOME, but if I were ever laid off, I could expect to either: - Have no income for a long time; - Take a job which made me miserable; or - Perhaps do consulting or a startup I have a very non-fungible skill set. That means there are very rarely people who want to hire me in an appropriate role, but when they come up, they're often very desperate to hire me.