Severance agreements typically aren’t offered to all departing employees, but usually only those that are fired or laid off. We know that not all past employees were affected by these agreements, because Ivan claims to not have been offered such an agreement, and he left[1] in mid-2023, which was well before June 1st.
Ah, fair, that would definitely make the statement substantially more accurate.
@Sam McCandlish: Could you clarify whether severance agreements were also offered to voluntarily departing employees, and if so, under which conditions?
Severance agreements typically aren’t offered to all departing employees, but usually only those that are fired or laid off. We know that not all past employees were affected by these agreements, because Ivan claims to not have been offered such an agreement, and he left[1] in mid-2023, which was well before June 1st.
Presumably of his own volition, hence no offered severance agreement with non-disparagement clauses.
Ah, fair, that would definitely make the statement substantially more accurate.
@Sam McCandlish: Could you clarify whether severance agreements were also offered to voluntarily departing employees, and if so, under which conditions?