Negotiating the Exit: A Worksheet for Reviewing and Negotiating a Severance Package

A severance offer usually arrives during an already stressful moment, with language that isn't always easy to parse quickly. Reviewing it calmly tends to lead to a better outcome than signing right away.

This worksheet (not legal advice) includes a severance offer review sheet, a comparison calculator against typical ranges, negotiation question scripts, a benefits continuation tracker, and a final decision checklist.

There is almost always more room to ask questions than the initial offer implies.

This is an instant PDF download you can read on any device or print at home for easy reference, easy to print for a line-by-line offer review, rather than scrolling on a screen.

Part of the Hard Things Made Simple: Career Transitions series.