Laid off. Two weeks severance. Should I ask for more?

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Doesn’t hurt to ask

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The general rule is one week for each year you worked there. How long were you there?

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I tried and they told me IPG doesn't negotiate.

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Got laid off from SapientRazorfish?

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@publicis 1 les than one year 😑🙄

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What agency is laying off?

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it’s rare that you get severance for working less than a year. take what you can get

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You’re lucky you got that!

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See if there are any unused vacation days you can leverage. They may give you that.

Less than one year = 2 weeks.
You can ask but probably won't get it.

If you were laid off for business reasons, not performance ones, maybe use that.
"I'd still be employed if we didn't lose the account"
Maybe that'd help.

and yeah, SR had a bunch of layoffs this week. 😬😬😬

If it's an agency under a holding company, it probably won't make a difference. Corporate policies are there for a reason. Of course, you can ask if you don't mind potential embarrassment.

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