[wlesieutre]

If you can absorb 6 months of not getting paid, yeah. Not everyone can, and while I've seen a lot of advice saying you should demand to be paid for the duration of a non-compete, I'm pretty sure that's not typical.

Plus there's the uncertainty of not knowing whether or not you'll be able to find a job with comparable pay.

[pyre]

This entire subthread was specifically talking about a 6-month severance package, so talking about not getting paid for 6 months is an odd thing to bring up. Quoted from above:

> Gardening leave means you still have a fully paid job

I'm thinking that people that can't afford to get paid their current salary for 6 months while not actually working for the company are in the minority, unless I'm missing some angle to this.

[wlesieutre]

Ah no, I missed that part. In that case, it's just the uncertainty of what jobs you'll be able to find that would be a question.