Why not taking a lucrative layoff package is brain-dead stupid

Years ago I argued that layoff packages should be avoided because of the opportunities a savvy insider could have in a firm that was going to suddenly be short a lot of savvy insiders. It was more a bird-in-the-hand kind of argument given you’d have no idea what job you’d eventually end up with. However, after reviewing the outcome of programs like this over the years I can, with some authority, say that is no longer a sustainable position. In fact, in reviewing some recent programs