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'It was an early-retirement offer I couldn't turn down. They threw a pile of money my way, asked me to disappear in a puff of smoke, and before they could change their minds, I was gone!'
"Special assignment, Chaswick. I need you to test our severance package."
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'The salary is not that great - the real money is when they let you go.'
"Let's suppose I don't like the job after a week or so. How much severance pay can I count on?"
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"See, it's right here in the pre-nup. If you walk out, I get two weeks' severance sex."
'I'm afraid we have to let you go. As you know, you're entitled to a 'Golden Handshake'...
'You wouldn't know to look at me now, but I was around in the days of 'Obscene Compensation'.'
"All the beer I can drink in a year? That's the buyout?"
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brewery, breweries, buyout, buyouts, brewing, beer, beers, ale, ales, craft beer, craft beers, real ale, real ales, lager, lagers, buying out, buy-out, buy-outs, buy out, buy outs, corporate takeover, corporate takeovers, offer, offer, management buyout, management buyouts, severance, severance pay, golden parachute, golden parachutes, golden handshake, golden handshakes'My severance package was an insult. It's not about the small amount of money. It's about how little I can buy with the money.'
'Nobody wants to hear the 'Outta Work With The Eight Million Dollar Severance Package Blues'.'
'The golden parachutes are all gone. You'll have to settle for a golden lifejacket.'
'They made a mistake when firing you, but corrected it with a stop-payment on your severance pay check.'
My severance package was an insult. It's not about the money, it's about how little I can buy with the money.
That's the severance package, a book on Clipping Coupons to Make Ends Meet?
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