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Severance Package

I recently resigned(3 weeks ago) and asked for a severance package. I have not received a reply from the employer.

can anyone recommend next steps.

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  1. Anonymous

    In my experience severance is only offered when an employee is laid off or as part of a voluntary separation package. It would never offered to an employee who resigned.

  2. Anonymous

    You don't get a severance when you resign. Those are offered when your job is eliminated. You are leaving of your own freewill. You also can't get unemployment. My suggestion is to spend all free time looking for a new job.

  3. Kat

    Was severance supposed to be an incentive for you to resign? If so, that would need to be negotiated and signed off by everyone involved before your last work day. If not, I'm not sure why you think you're entitled to get anything now. If you quit or resign, the company doesn't owe you anything beyond a final check.

  4. Anonymous

    What are you looking for, money to go away? That train left the station if you resigned three weeks ago. Sorry, but you have zero negotiating power at this point.

  5. Anonymous

    If you resigned (aka quit),it's time to move on- if they had ANYTHING to offer, you'd have it in 3D, not 3W.

    Unfortunately, the ship sailed off.

  6. Anonymous

    Why would you get severance? You are choosing to leave. They may counteroffer but don't expect more than that in the US.

  7. Anonymous

    You get a severance when the company lays you off, not if you leave willingly.

    The only pay you get out of leaving is your last paycheck, your 401 k if they close it to give to you, and any PTO that is left over in a separate paycheck.

  8. Elaine Chen

    If by severance you mean additional severance pay, as others have noted this is basically unheard of for a voluntary resignation. However, perhaps you are referring to vacation pay you are owed or COBRA benefits you could be eligible for. I would document the specific questions/requests you have and send those to your employer as they were likely confused by your reference to severance.

  9. Anonymous

    It's not typical to resign and ask for a severance package. It's typical you resign and you are paid for work you have done and perhaps any accrued/unused vacation/PTO. Why do you believe you are owed a severance?

  10. Anonymous

    Why would they do a severance package when you resigned? What value do they find in that? It's not at all a regular practice.

  11. Anonymous

    I don't know of a single company that hands out severance packages to resigned employees upon request.

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