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by blaser-waffle 2205 days ago
> What if one is being laid off and the company offers them a severance package of X weeks pay for signing some papers?

That's not crazy -- they're compensating you for the inconvenience.

Whether that's a good idea or not is a different story, and would depend on how easily you could get a job, what it would pay you if/when you got it, and how much/how long the compensation would be.

In the oil industry it's not uncommon to see 1- or 2-year non-competes... with 100% compensation for the same amount of time.