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The choice of refusing money would be nice: Unfortunately, this type of severance isn't only happening in professional circles: Hourly call center employees (I'm sure among others) are being asked to sign the same type of thing, and these are $10-$11 an hour, high turnover jobs. This situation completely changes the power balance.

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No it doesn't, two weeks pay at that salary doesn't get you anything unemployment won't cover.

If you can survive the gap between getting paid and getting the unemployment, which is why most people will take it. I would do the same if I were back in the states considering the job market. Who knows when I'd find another similar paying job.

Receiving unemployment happens very quick these days, typically under two weeks.

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