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Every Severance Ledger article. Coverage of company-specific severance, state and federal tax mechanics, life-event overlays (FMLA, pregnancy, PIP), and US employment law.
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tech severance 2026
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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tech severance 2026
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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tech severance 2026
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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tech severance 2026
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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finance severance 2026
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.