Robert RoskamMay 10

If someone offered you a sum of money to quit your job today without another one to go to and you're not allowed to just go back to your current job, what's the least you'd take to do that?

What would you do after you quit? Why?

And if there's no amount, why?

Just curious. No judgement.

$1-1k
1.9%
$1k-10k
1.9%
$10k-50k
12.4%
>$50k
83.8%
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Show threadAxel GutmannMay 10
@raiderrobert I'd not even consider anything under 500k - and that only because I'm near retirement. Your choices are way too low - who's crazy enough to quit for less than a year's salary?
Show threadRobert RoskamMay 10

@virbonus iirc I think Zappos used to pay new hires to quit somewhere between $2k-$5k. Admittedly that's a decade or so ago.

I vaguely recall other stories for people similar buyouts for relatively low in the past 5 years or so.

Show threadxrvs
@raiderrobert @virbonus the key is that they also hired them, so the payees didn’t risk unemployment there
May 10 at 11:53pmWeb
Show threadRobert RoskamMay 11
@xarvos @virbonus I don't understand your point. They're offered money to quit and then become unemployed.
Show threadxrvsMay 11

@raiderrobert @virbonus you said:

Zappos used to pay new hires to quit

doesn’t this mean they (Zappos) hire them (new hires) after they quit their old job?

Show threadRobert RoskamMay 11
@xarvos @virbonus nope, it meant Zappos hired people from some other job and then paid them to quit working at Zappos.