Your severance used to be based on you years of employment.
to get around their own policies they are now not doing a "RIF". Instead, they are taking away your position and letting you sit on the bench for 30 days(or it might be 60 depending on locale) then they tell you good bye. no severance. Effectively your severance is that 30 days, but from what I have heard they don't inform you that that 30 days is your last, they act like you are between projects. so instead of a RIF or layoff they are considering it that your position no longer exists... basically some HR loophole till they can change their policies officially I guess?
I have been at Dell for a long time. They have taken away raises, taken away bonuses, taken away medical benefits(via changing the plans and upping what we pay) etc etc. Now they are finding ways to avoid their own severance policies. This company is a shitty place to work and they are driving it deeper. I stomached it for so long but after hearing(and confirming) they are gonna shaft people out of their last safety net, I am outta here. I can only imagine that vacation days will go down next.