Severance packages can be equally about financial extortion, liability mitigation and goodwill. You need to sign something to get the severance package and it p

Severance packages can be equally about financial extortion, liability mitigation and goodwill. You need to sign something to get the severance package and it probably says that you aren't going to the press to complain about being fired. You aren't going to a competitor. You aren't going to sue because you were wrongly fired (disability, protected class)...