[hn_throwaway_99]

Agreed. "Industry standard is to offer 18 months"!! Please let me know this industry, because it ain't tech where I live!

[pc86]

It's not any industry anywhere. Any layoff thread on HN is people saying what they wish things were but framing it as "this is how everyone else does it this one company is being greedy" when it's not the case 99% of the time.