"What a buy-out does is take money out of the equation. It makes it so that everyone who is there for financial reasons has a financial reason to leave." Unles

"What a buy-out does is take money out of the equation. It makes it so that everyone who is there for financial reasons has a financial reason to leave." Unless you're not confident enough that you'd be able to get a job in those X months, either because of your skills or there not being jobs around. Also, even if you like your coworkers, or want to acquire skills, if the ship is going down and you feel confident enough that you'd be getting another job quickly, then you might jump ship anyway.