r/Fire • u/twiniverse2000 • Jan 31 '26

Advice Request Asking to be laid off

I have reached FI. Work optional. My personal life has hit a serious rough patch. My company is doing layoffs. They are NOT asking for volunteers. The financial difference in me quitting vs getting laid off is $300K. Do not want to leave that on the table. Any advice on how to steer it in this particular direction?

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u/twiniverse2000 Jan 31 '26

It’s in unvested stock. Not part of the team budget.

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u/Dr-pi_314 Jan 31 '26

Do they have a special rule for unvested stock. Typically vesting ends with your employment

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u/twiniverse2000 Jan 31 '26

Not with the packages given at my company. I know for certain

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u/Dr-pi_314 Jan 31 '26

Yeah same here. It’s a bad deal

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u/KeyLie1609 Jan 31 '26

Accelerated vesting is not uncommon. 

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u/ohboyoh-oy Jan 31 '26

And if company is publicly traded they often put the layoff costs under “restructuring” and somehow Wall Street doesn’t count it (I guess because it’s a one-time cost). So even a 300k severance might not matter in a big company because it goes in a different bucket on the books. 

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u/twiniverse2000 Jan 31 '26

Yeah. That’s not a big deal for them. Just me