A friend, who was among the last fired, complained that he had no idea what was coming.
“When my boss ordered me to train my ‘replacement’ before being laid off, I walked. Such an idiot I was. It never occurred to me that the severance package I walked away from might have been worth having around for.”
A younger relative faced the same thing, I told him to come in late, take a long off site lunch and come back late and to leave early.
After one week, they gave him two weeks pay and told him goodbye!
He was hired by a competitor at a better salary and benefits, during that paid 2 weeks off.
His former company went belly up. He has been with the newer company for over 10 years.