This sort of thing used to be pretty common with large employers. A classmate got caught up in maybe the first layoff round of one of the old-line East Coast computer companies. He'd only been there a few years but as I recall he still got something like 6 months severance and he took off to Greenland for an extended trip before even looking for another job.
To everyone who says they want to get laid off-- this is an obvious sign that you should find another job! If you would quit your job for four months pay, you might be able to get that in a signing bonus and a raise. Plus, why be somewhere that you are so happy to leave?
Because there is so much more in life than work, and I don’t think there is any job somewhere that I would not be happy to leave, why people like jobs , how did we get to this point in time
I think this just means you haven't had a great job. When you have a great job, it doesn't feel like
work" in the same sense that a not so great job does.