Just don't take the severance and walk away. The companies pay you for your years of experience, giving it away for cheap four or six weeks of severance is a steal for them. If everyone in your group decides to leave without transfering your knowledge, the companies and the managers will be F*@ked. Teamwork really help put management in their place.
The best thing to do is give your two month notice or longer instead of two weeks. You can always shorten later if they don't give you walking papers that day. If you shorten your notice two weeks afterwards, it will seem to HR that somebody offended you. HR will ask you why you change you notice. It is important that should never say that you change your mind but you are not at liberty to say at this moment. HR will think that hired a lawyer. They might just offer you two month severance right there and you can go to you next job with a two month. I don't know if that is professional but it is the corporate way of doing things.
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Just don't take the severance and walk away. The companies pay you for your years of experience, giving it away for cheap four or six weeks of severance is a steal for them. If everyone in your group decides to leave without transfering your knowledge, the companies and the managers will be F*@ked. Teamwork really help put management in their place.
The best thing to do is give your two month notice or longer instead of two weeks. You can always shorten later if they don't give you walking papers that day. If you shorten your notice two weeks afterwards, it will seem to HR that somebody offended you. HR will ask you why you change you notice. It is important that should never say that you change your mind but you are not at liberty to say at this moment. HR will think that hired a lawyer. They might just offer you two month severance right there and you can go to you next job with a two month. I don't know if that is professional but it is the corporate way of doing things.
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