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by jcrites 491 days ago
Doesn't the budget to pay these people already exist? They are current employees, after all. Their terminations will still shrink the budget, just not as soon as a termination without a severance package.

Maybe there are some legal differences in offering what would otherwise be wages as a lump-sum payment, but the budget for those wages already exists (else they could not be employed).

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Correct.

The only thing would require more budget is hiring backfills (while paying out the leave).

Supposedly, they can get the same work done with fewer people.