Can somebody who was affected please clarify? There is a huge difference between being laid off and being fired. Being laid off includes severance, some additional short-term benefits, and no stigma attached to it when looking for a new job. Being fired means no severance and you have to explain to your next potential employer why you were fired. I wouldn't mind the first but I will go into a panic if it's the second one.
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You were laid off, full stop. There is no "master record" anywhere that says one or the other, and anything that exists (Internal Twitter records) won't be shared with new prospective employers. As for severance, that has nothing to do with it - companies pay it if they want to, usually to limit legal liability. Lastly, unemployment benefits, it depends from state to state. But if you're part of a mass "firing" that's heavily reported in every newspaper in America and coincides with the day before a company stock grant... Gonna be hard for the company to prove they fired you for cause. No cause, you get unemployment.
Anyway, stop worrying about it, go get yourself another job. Fu-k EM.
I already received my notice on Friday. I was terminated. There goes my stock grants.
Laid off or fired. No that's tomorrow.
Laid off does not necessarily include severance. It’s not a requirement. It’s a way some companies try to avoid litigation by trading extra money for you to sign away some legal rights. Ain’t no one getting severance from EM.
Well, not sure the new management knows or cares about this contrast.
If you are not wanted anymore, isn't it kind of moot?
You do not exist. Pretty simple. In texas, at least.