Senior Severance Analyst
Daniel Reed
Senior Severance Analyst, Severance Ledger
Daniel Reed leads severance package analysis for Severance Ledger. He focuses on mapping corporate severance formulas, layoff cycles, and the negotiation dynamics specific to large public employers. His coverage areas include the Big Tech severance landscape (Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft) and major finance employers (JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup).
Before joining the publication, Daniel spent over a decade building digital products in the personal finance and consumer information space, including SeveranceCalc — the severance estimation and personalised assessment tool referenced in some of our articles.
His work prioritises ballpark accuracy over false precision. Severance packages vary widely by company, tenure, role, and individual negotiation; the analyses he writes describe ranges and patterns rather than exact dollar figures. When specific numbers are cited, they're attributed to public reporting, SEC filings, or court records — never invented.
Daniel writes from outside the legal profession. Severance Ledger does not provide legal advice; readers facing termination should consult an employment attorney licensed in their state.
Editorial focus areas
- Big Tech severance packages
- Finance industry severance
- Layoff cycle analysis
- Negotiation dynamics for senior roles
Articles by Daniel Reed
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Salesforce Severance Package 2026: The 5-Month Tenure Rule Decoded
Salesforce's severance package is tenure-based — public reporting from the January 2023 layoff and subsequent rounds describes roughly 5 months of base pay for employees with 4+ years of tenure, 4 months for shorter tenures. Plus the equity treatment, immigration support, and where leverage actually exists.
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Google Severance Package 2026: Pichai's 16+2 Formula, Voluntary Exits, Real Math
Google's standard severance formula — 16 weeks of base pay plus 2 weeks per year of service — was first described in Sundar Pichai's January 2023 layoff memo and has held across subsequent rounds. Plus the 2024–2025 Voluntary Exit Program terms and how Google severance actually compares to Meta and Amazon.
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Meta Severance Package 2026: 16 Weeks Base + 2 Weeks Per Year Decoded
Meta's severance formula has been publicly documented since Mark Zuckerberg's November 2022 layoff memo: 16 weeks of base pay plus 2 weeks per year of service, with no formal cap. Here's what that produces at each level, plus the RSU and cash-bonus interaction that makes Meta's package more generous than headline.
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Amazon Severance Package 2026: Tenure Formula, RSU Cliff, Real Numbers
Amazon's severance is tenure-based — public reporting from the 2022–2024 layoff rounds describes roughly 1 week of pay per 6 months of service, layered on top of 60 days WARN-Act notice. The bigger 2026 question is what happens to your unvested RSUs.
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JPMorgan Severance Package 2026: The 52-Week / $400K Cap Decoded
JPMorgan Chase's severance plan caps payouts at the lesser of 52 weeks of pay or $400,000. Here's what the formula actually pays at each tenure tier, how executive packages bypass it, and where negotiation leverage exists in 2026.