[RKDinOKC]

Company I work for offered a buyout of $5000 and 2 months continued benefits. Over 100 of 800 employees took the buy out.

Friend of mine worked at Apple and thought it would be much more lucrative with some of the job offers he got. He left and only stayed working for a short time as those companies went under one by one. In all fairness it was during the dotcom crash thing. He has said it was the biggest mistake he's ever made.

I know what you mean about the job securty thing, have worked for the same company for 35 years. Worked for them 9 years part time before that. Guess it does make a difference since it is a family business.