If you were laid off from a holding company in the last year or two, can you share the holdco and what your severance package looked like?

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every layoff of mine it is 2 weeks pay, PTO if I had an allowance, and COBRA that I couldn't afford

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2 weeks + PTO paid out + 2 months of health insurance costs

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IPG-2 weeks

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How long were you there?

Ogilvy. 3 weeks + PTO pay out. I was let go on the 24th of the month and they had me as an employee until the first, so got benefits through that following month.

3 weeks is not great BUT I was actually surprised I got this. The expectation was on the floor.

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They must have liked you because I know several people that didn’t get the next month

Would love to add, how long were you with your agency/holdco?

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I got laid off from FCB with six weeks notice before my last day plus 2 months severance and two months of healthcare.

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I was at FCB for 7 years, 10+ years total at IPG.

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Omnicom agency. Not based in the USA. Work 2.5-3 years. Was offered 3 weeks notice plus 2 weeks severance. 5 weeks total. Declined and took it to an employment lawyer, got 9 weeks total, plus vacation days payout and a bit of runway on health insurance.

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Accenture, had to stop working immediately but stayed “employed” until 1st day of the following month (about 3 weeks) and health insurance was good until the end of the next month. 2 weeks severance thereafter and paid out for 20 days of PTO i had accrued but not taken

i was there 2 years

Stagwell / a little under 2 years / was offered 2 and negotiated 4 weeks.

Starcom - Got 2 more paychecks because I was there for 2 years. Then like $675 not to sue or something? But I also weirdly had to work another 2 weeks. I also was eligible for unemployment

Publicis. 3 months severance. Was there of 18 mths.

Omnicom 2 weeks + PTO

I got a week a year, no PTO and I was there over 10 years.

1.5 months. Was at Dentsu for 4+ years. Not bad, judging by this thread.

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