It's an agreement that your company asks you to sign at the time of termination. You don't have to sign it (as the guy who wrote this article didn't). You're in

It's an agreement that your company asks you to sign at the time of termination. You don't have to sign it (as the guy who wrote this article didn't). You're incentive to sign it is the severance pay they offer. I don't really get why everyone here is so offended at the concept. It's the company offering a contract. You can sign it, or not. All the folks here that are being so high and mighty about it just come off as weird tbh.