How to Use severance package in a Sentence

severance package

noun
  • Imm wouldn't say whether the city offered a severance package.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The city declined to confirm whether those payments were part of a severance package.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The company then sent them emails with details about the severance package.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 29 June 2024
  • Due to the nature of his departure, he will not be entitled to a severance package.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
  • He was ordered to pay $1 million in fines — half of his $2 million severance package.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • For those not willing to comply, a severance package is being offered.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • He was rewarded for his labor with a handshake, good-luck wishes and a severance package.
    — Mark Davis, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Here are four things to look for in your severance package, and how a mishandling of your rights by your former employer could land them in the hot seat.
    — Stephen Kohn, Quartz, 6 July 2023
  • The folks impacted by the layoffs will receive a severance package that includes at least four months of base pay, with more based on tenure.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
  • They have been offered a severance package and outplacement services.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • And what kind of severance package might Platt get for being discharged with nearly 2 ½ years left on his contract?
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Nestlé confirmed to Fortune that Freixe will not receive a severance package.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The generosity of a severance package goes a long toward softening the blow, Dowd says.
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Those employees will receive a severance package, which varies based on seniority.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The first was a severance package of $2,000 for every year of service plus six months of pension and health benefits.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • Equilar says his severance package of more than $50 million includes $31 million in cash.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
  • But a lot of the time, that vision is the first draft of a reorg, and the language shows up in earnings calls and all-hands meetings months before anyone sees a severance package.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Those staff who will lose their jobs will be given a severance package that includes a continuation of salary and health benefits for a period of time.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Lastimosa opted for a severance package and decided to leave the company.
    — Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Peloton got some pushback for including free access to exercise content as part of a severance package during last year’s layoffs.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Plant employees got a fair severance package, according to Coenen.
    — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
  • Those being let go next month will receive a severance package that includes 16 weeks of pay, plus an additional two weeks for each year of employment.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
  • All associates have been informed of the closures, and have been offered a severance package or the ability to apply to other open roles at Kohl’s.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Employees have been offered other positions with the company or a severance package.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • According to a person familiar with the matter, the 12 staffers who have been cut have been placed on leave while the union negotiates a severance package.
    — Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Pochettino has a severance package with Chelsea — yes, them again — after his departure 12 months into a two-year contract.
    — Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
  • If your previous job had a generous severance package, or complex deferral plans, your lawyer will make sure that your new package matches those benefits or exceeds them.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Negotiate the terms of your separation and severance package.
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • All employees will receive a severance package or get the opportunity to work in a different location.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Few details are available at this point, including whatever severance package might be in line for Kliavkoff, who was hired in the spring of 2021.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024

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