<story><title>Apollo Layoffs</title><url>https://www.apollographql.com/blog/announcement/ceo-geoff-schmidts-message-to-apollo-employees/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jackson1442</author><text>Layoffs are going to suck regardless, but this is one of the best severance packages I&amp;#x27;ve seen in this wave:&lt;p&gt;* 15 weeks base pay + 1 week per year of employment&lt;p&gt;* 6 months COBRA + $300 mental health&lt;p&gt;* no 1-yr cliff, options can be exercised thru next year&lt;p&gt;* you can keep all your equipment</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lfittl</author><text>The &amp;quot;$300 mental health&amp;quot; seems odd - for any kind of counseling&amp;#x2F;therapy&amp;#x2F;etc sessions this is a drop in the bucket in terms of cost.&lt;p&gt;It will easily cost 10x to work with a mental health professional (and insurance companies sadly pay a very small amount of it). So why add this to an otherwise reasonable package?</text></comment>
<story><title>Apollo Layoffs</title><url>https://www.apollographql.com/blog/announcement/ceo-geoff-schmidts-message-to-apollo-employees/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jackson1442</author><text>Layoffs are going to suck regardless, but this is one of the best severance packages I&amp;#x27;ve seen in this wave:&lt;p&gt;* 15 weeks base pay + 1 week per year of employment&lt;p&gt;* 6 months COBRA + $300 mental health&lt;p&gt;* no 1-yr cliff, options can be exercised thru next year&lt;p&gt;* you can keep all your equipment</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jcadam</author><text>Crazy.  Usually it&amp;#x27;s just &amp;quot;Pay stops today, benefits at the end of the month. 
 Hand in your badge - off you go.&amp;quot;</text></comment>