What should I doI have a situation where my company was just purchased, I've been here for 5 years and I'm not sure if I should stay until the end or get out now. We have a pretty nice severance package, but I care more about the benefits. I had an interview with a company and if they offer me more of a salary I don't know if I should take it, in the event they get purchased and then I won't get much of a package because I haven't been there long enough.
Does anyone have any advice? So, everyone who has been downsized during this buyout gets a severance if they leave right toot sweet. Or you can stay for a period of time but at the end of that pre-determined time you will be out of a job. Am I reading this correctly? Quite honestly, I think you should stay. A severance package is nice, but can you collect unemployment if you take the severance? If you stay until the end, you can at least collect unemployment while looking for a job. You will have that much more time to put something away for later. Plus, this way you still have a few more months before you are unemployed to look for another position. And, as it has been said many times here, it is easier to find a job when you are already employed. Is the company you interviewed with in danger of being bought out? If so, why would you have interviewed there in the first place? Or are you now just "buyout shy" because of what is happening to you right now. If there is no danger of the company being bought out immediately and you are offered a job with a decent increase or equal pay to what you receiving now, you should really grab it. It may be a long time before you are offered anything else.
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