in most states they didn’t “have” to pay severance in the first place. That’s really more reliant on the employment offer or contract
99% of the world lives outside America.
Deep breaths. You’ll be fine, but it may be a bit traumatic to learn.
Comment on Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 8 months agoI’m not sure if this was actually some kind of sinister plot, rather than incompetence and ego. You’re not the first to suggest that this is away to lay people off without “having to pay severance”, but what really throws a wrench into that idea is that in most states they didn’t “have” to pay severance in the first place. That’s really more reliant on the employment offer or contract.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 8 months ago
100% of the companies this article about are American companies. The top talent the article describes live in the United States.
0% of the countries that aren’t America are relevant to this article, my comment, and this thread.
ripcord@lemmy.world 8 months ago
96%
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
…and you don’t usually get into senior positions without stuff like severance being in the employment offer or contract.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s my exact point. I don’t think this is some conspiracy to secretly lay off people. I think this is just a more straightforward case of C-levels blundering around with decisions that make sense only to them.