For us that was affected by the recent restructuring RIF, how's the job market in your area? The job market is bad and no one wants to hire experienced talent anymore.
You're too old, you're too expensive and only offering 1099 contact jobs well below your old salary with zero benefits. Sorry, got a family, life and mortgage to pay and that sorry severance package is not going to cover it. They say the average is now 9 months plus for tech people to find a new position.
How are the others on the "restructuring/post-merger" fun club doing?
I guess the ones left back at Ansys are getting cost of living raises and covering all the leftover work from the ones that got the chopping block.