Economic decisions shouldn't be ignored. Some severance packages are lucrative and offered on a one time basis. Financial considerations are one part of the package, not the whole package.
I've found that people leaving old line companies, even with a severance package, were more bitter than those where companies treated employees like interchangeable parts.
Companies offering severance packages have generally sold the concept of lifetime employment concept. They are not places that fire employees without warning.
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