No Letter of Resignation Required

In Longing For Layoffs, I lamented the fact that companies now fire employees for (made-up) cause when their businesses tank.  But in the good old days, companies would lay off employees with the benefit of a severance package.

Yet another benefit of getting laid off is that it’s unnecessary for an employee to spend hours coming up with a clever letter of resignation, one that would point out the employer's many shortcomings without actually burning bridges.