[blandcoffee]

The article mentions return to office policies as a reason, but you have to wonder what the severance package was. Anecdotally, a company my friend works at just laid people off, and a majority of the ones that were not let go, wished that they were given the option.

You have to wonder if there's some interesting data with regards to tight (?) labour markets, policy that has nudged severance packages higher, etc.

[ano-ther]

1.5 month of salary for each year of being at SAP. And people who have been there for 20 years get 33.5 months.

That’s quite high even for Germany where it is difficult to dismiss people. Because it is so difficult, a method often used is a mutual agreement with a severance package above what you would get awarded by a court.

[toomuchtodo]

VMware was very generous, 6-12 months based on tenure from folks I know who worked there.