If they let me go, can I ask for more severance. This is my first time I am encountering layoffs so I was wandering if the worker has any options with this?
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"Never look a gift horse in the mouth."
They don't even have to give any severance at all.
Be grateful for what you get, and try to save/invest as much of it as you can.
Set yourself up with some temp. work through agencies so you can get back to bringing in money ASAP. Do this while still diligently job hunting for a F/T position, and you'll land one soon.
Don't longingly stare into the rearview mirror hoping for what could have been.
Pay attention to where you are now, and keep your eyes on the road ahead.
Right now, I doubt it because this will be massive and they don't have time to custom craft exceptions and workarounds.
If this was a much smaller event, let's say they decide that your team of three is no longer needed, you'd have options.
There are two main points of leverage when negotiating severance.
1st, terminating an employee requires mucho time, documentation, HR reviews, and paperwork.... You can offer to leave voluntarily, saving the company time and effort in exchange for severance.
2nd, how you describe your departure to coworkers matters. You can leave frustrated and critical of management or on positive terms, praising how professionally the situation was handled.
A reasonable severance package benefits both sides by ensuring a smoother, less disruptive exit.
Now, all of this is in an ideal world but the world we are in right now is messy and none of this applies.
So, in short, it's extremely likely that you will get nowhere asking for a negotiated severance at Kroger right now.