#voluntaryseparation

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Want a huge bump to the stock price? Offer a package to the union side of the business. I believe many associates would take the offer!

How should I approach my manager about volunteering for the next RIF? I won't go into too much detail here, but I have been incredibly miserable since they moved me to a new role after the first wave of VSP in 2024. It's a role I never would have applied for on my own. Originally I had hoped to stay in this role for a short period of time and then eventually move to another role internally. However, given the current state of the company, that is no longer a viable option. I was thinking of giving my notice soon (no I don't have another job lined up, but I have enough savings to get me by for quite a while). Should I approach my manager about volunteering for the next RIF so I can at least get severance? If so, how should I approach the conversation? Or should I just give notice and be done with this place?

The one-time retirement program, announced in a memo on Thursday, will be available to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below whose years of employment and age add up to 70 or higher.

Business Insider obtained a full copy of the document, an internal explanation of the so-called Voluntary Retirement Program (VRP). According to the document, eligible employees who take the buyout will receive:

A lump-sum cash payment equal to a minimum of eight weeks and a maximum of 39 weeks of base pay, based on seniority and tenure. Employees levels 64 and below will receive one week of base pay per six months of service, and employees levels 65 to 67 will receive two weeks of base pay per six months of service.
Up to five years of insurance coverage, including medical, dental, and vision for the employee and their dependents. Microsoft pays for the first year.
Continued regular stock vesting for six or 12 months, based on years of service.
Continued retirement stock vesting for employees who meet certain requirements.
Last day of employment July 1.

Came out today:
10 months pay
25k bonus
pro-rated 2026 bonus
PTO payout

Must have 30 years, JobGrade 12 and under

Decision date July 16, effective date August 1

If you have not been offered voluntary separation package how likely is it you would get it if you wanted and requested it ?? >30 years in at ford .

If granted - are there any stipulations ?

When will the Voluntary Separation Plan be offered to U.S. employees? Is it available to employees in all roles, or is participation limited to the sales organization?

They’ve basically given me a week to take VR otherwise it’s CR

If I take VR I get extra 2800

If I don’t I get statutory terms

They want me gone come what may in a month

First consultation meeting is next week.

Does anyone know if I can apply for VR say in week 2-3?

Can I request they extend the month because I’ve applied for internal job?

Anything I should be aware off?

For the folks who can't just quit. Does gain well offer a Voluntary Separation Program? I still would like to get unemployment but I cant just quit.

I don’t know what happened to phases 2 & 3, but the ER page says it’s being removed from JonesLink 6/3 and refers viewers to a Separation Hub which only addresses the VSP/ISP stuff.

I wouldn't mind signing up for it one bit.

Win win for both parties.

I'll be eligible to retire in early 2027 and Finance is in the early stages of a reorg. I have 20 years with Shell and am age 50+, so my pension will likely be bridged if I get let go before I hit my early retirement numbers.

Should I unofficially tell my line manager that I'm happy to package out? What are the downsides to making this declaration upfront?

Morale’s so low at this point that a decent package would probably have people leaving willingly instead of fighting to stay. A lot of us checked out mentally a while ago.

Cboe Global Markets is eliminating approximately 20% of its global workforce. This restructuring aims to concentrate resources on core exchange businesses. The reduction combines earlier initiatives with the latest organizational realignment. Affected employees received notices on Friday. Eligible U.S. and Canadian employees are also offered a voluntary retirement option. This move is expected to save Cboe $20 to $25 million in 2026.

https://qz.com/cboe-layoffs-workforce-reduction-core-businesses-050126

It is heartbreaking to see those employees who want to stay, lose their jobs. It makes zero sense when you know you have many that will voluntarily separate.

I have seen several posts today from people who say they are leaving Verizon. Is this VSP or something else?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/rogers-communications-offering-buyouts-half-its-workforce-globe-mail-reports-2026-04-27/

Maybe all you begging for a voluntary severance will get your wish!

I wanted to ask whether Citi currently offers any voluntary separation program or voluntary exit option that may include severance benefits.

With Microsoft offering voluntary early retirement along with a bunch of other companies, why does CapOne not follow?

Quick way to unload a bunch of people, especially from Discover.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/24/tech/microsoft-voluntary-buyouts-us-employees Voluntary buyouts offered to workers with seniority, thus saving jobs for younger workers.

Same playbook, different reason.

"An estimated 7% of Microsoft’s 125,000-person U.S. workforce, or about 8,750 employees, would be eligible... Microsoft itself laid off more than 15,000 employees last year and began requiring workers in the Seattle region to return to the office three days a week."

-- https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-will-offer-voluntary-retirement-to-thousands-of-employees-in-a-first-for-tech-giant/

Guessing the folks wanting VRPs are not going to get their wish.

It’s getting quiet .Beside all the Scarborough retirement meetings .No one is talking about any offer of a package .I Think there are a lot of people in all divisions of the field ops tha want to leave .Whats the big secret just spill the beans when is it how big will this package big will I be able to accept this package . I mean really

et tu, Wells?

eligibility: age + service years >=70

Eligible US employees include workers at the senior director level and below whose combined years of employment and age total 70 or more.

I'd rather take a package than have to go through this over and over again. I'm being very serious. This place used to have job security. What happened to that?

Anyone know when the expected employment end date is for people who take the voluntary severance? The communication gives a July 31st assumption but says the real date will be given in May.

There's clearly a willing contingent that would instantly take them up on it.

Instead they choose to sever people who might really need the job, throwing them into the crocodile pit of the current job market.

Or they push to make working conditions annoying enough that people who have options voluntarily leave (this part of it makes zero sense to me, these are typically the people you can least afford to lose).

Meanwhile the people who stay are made increasingly miserable, both as a result of the voluntary attrition measures, as well as having to operate for years in an environment with zero job security and no end to the layoffs in sight.

How is any of this better than just yanking the bandaid off, and letting workers have a hand in their own fate?

It feels very "the cruelty is the point" to me

Rumor is, T-Mobile is going to start asking people to volunteer to separate and get the full severance.

Don't just sign up for the volunteer irif, speak to a laywer first. There are plenty of lawyers that offer free advice, even online.

If you sign up for something like this, you could miss out on benefits you would normally receive if you were irif'd involuntarily, including unemployment.

Xerox, or any business, is never looking out for you. Assume this smells just like anything else they do.

looks like OT should offer a voluntary redundancy round - they'd get a few more takers for sure! Maybe write a book on it.

Canada/US market is open for business. closed to opentext - see ya #Energizing Life Every Day!

If the severance is the same as IRIF, then it’s not worth leaving. If you volunteer you won’t be eligible for unemployment.
OP: @at+1knsb3cc4

Lotta hot air and a whole lot of inaction. “Thinking about” volunteering (some people are trying to stay, while you have to ASK to be let go?) does nothing and earns you no points among the rest of us. You say the same sh-t every RIFmas and continue to hog 1 more headcount for a job you don’t even fu--ing need.

The Associated Press plans staff cuts and a business restructuring. This move shifts focus from local print to video and national topics. Revenue from tech companies has significantly grown for the AP. A voluntary separation plan will first be offered to U.S. news staff. Layoffs will follow if insufficient voluntary interest is received.

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/06/ap-staff-cuts-restructuring

I can only imagine how many people would take a voluntary resignation package. It will never be offered in OT because of assessments done years ago. HR determined the technical debt that would occur would be too much to immediately overcome. One could dream though. The last one was 55 years and older with 10 years minimum tenure.

Rhode Island's public media entity will not lay off employees. Enough workers accepted voluntary buyouts to close a budget gap. The organization faced a $1.1 million deficit from eliminated federal funding. This funding loss was part of a federal rescission package. Ocean State Media is the new name for the merged RI PBS and The Public's Radio.

Providence, Rhode Island

https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/18/ri-pbs-the-publics-radio-avoid-layoffs-despite-federal-defunding/