My company has just announced that there will be a round of layoffs soon. They just laid off a bunch of C-levels. They're giving us the opportunity to "opt in" to "workforce reduction" with a promise of three months severance.

It's been pretty tumultuous here, lately, to be honest, and I'm considering it.

But, I've got a wife and four kids to take care of, and I've never willingly left a job when I didn't have another one already lined up. And we've got good benefits (healthcare and dental) right now, so I really don't want to give that up.

Maybe if I had something lined up with similar pay and benefits, I could do it.

So, I'm looking for any recommendations. I'm a #PHP developer (of roughly twenty years), who has been doing a lot of #golang for the past year, and I've gotten very proficient at that as well.

I'm looking for a US-based company, and a Principal/Staff/Senior Developer role.

Anybody have any good leads? My website is at https://danielrayjones.com, and I can be emailed at [email protected].

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Dan Jones

Web developer, actor, jack of some trades

@danjones000 never agree to be fired, even if they promise a 'go away premium'... That's just the company being cheap and not wanting to follow due process.

It is pretty crappy, but opting in means a guaranteed three months severance, but if I don't, and they lay me off anyway, I might not get that much severance.

I don't know. It's a pretty crappy thing to do either way, and very manipulative, and makes me not want to work here anymore, so 🤷‍♀️

@arnan

@danjones000 in the Netherlands if you agree to such a thing you also waive several govt benefits. So be careful with signing anything as likely all it does for them is to save money on procedures and make it look like you quit to the govt, which is the wrong statistic.