<prompt> Human: Hello I didnt know where else to find help. My company is eliminating my position and my boss said he could sever me at 1 months salary which is absolute bullshit and not even remotely enough time to find another job. Or he would take me from being the head of my department down to the bottom of another department cutting my pay in half. I just am at a lost. Can they do this?  <response>: If youre in the US, severance is completely optional for companies to provide. Say thank you for any severance you get, and then go file for unemployment. Itll probably take more than a month to find a new job, but unemployment exists to help support you through that time. 