If you were laid off at any time did you have a lawyer write a demand letter asking for additional compensation? I am curious how this went? Thanks!
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Just take what they're initially offering and get on with your life.
Why invite all of that unecessarily added aggravation and having to invest so much of your time going forward, when what you should be focusing on is starting a new chapter, having nothing to do with a former employer?
This isn't, "Let's Make a Deal"...it's a layoff.
let us know how it goes
Dont waste your time. Negotiate the best possible amount which is 26 weeks Forget benefits. Try for an exteded date if you have RSUs vesting. Get creative.
@a5 Opinions noted. Thanks. I will say that large corporations almost always include some negotiation room for things like this if they see possible litigation and that gets weighed against increasing the offer. So it's not a simple as the settlement is the settlement. Personally I have what I consider smoke, but no fire as far as discrimination. Enough to make them read the letter. What I am trying to gauge is Oracle's response - based on personal experience in doing this and not so much what we think they might do.
That seems like a foolish thing to do tbqh. How would you, with your tiny amount of resources as an individual, want to go up against the legal department of a multinational corporation that has a well-funded legal department and marketing/PR machine?
Realistically the only way you're padding your severance is with a class action, which probably won't succeed because part of everyone else's severance package was probably an agreement to arbitrate outside of court.
In short, unless Oracle has actually broken laws and the government gets involved, the settlement is the settlement.