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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Yeah not trying to make any excuses for google but if you have to do layoffs and layoff someone who could have retired comfortably 5 years ago, thats probably not the worst decision you could have made.  He probably had a succession plan in place anyway and got a sweetheart severance package.
gpt
also he gets pay for 16 weeks + 2 weeks for every year so 46 weeks of pay... Dude is getting paid for the next year to do nothing if we could only be so lucky. Plus if he has been at google for 20 years he shouldn't have much of an issue finding a new job. That combined with him likely being independently wealthy due to stock if he wasn't completely brain-dead with money makes me not feel too bad for them.