<prompt> Human: So...I work in junior management in Operations for ecommerce. The company is private. Throughout my time here, I have seen them let go of small chunks of people at a time, some that only got to work there for a year or so, with a three month severance package. Today, the company held a meeting to tell us they are moving their offices out of state and that we will all be laid off in March. They gave us a manual to explain how our health benefits will lapse, etc. In that book, the section titled Severance explains that effective this very date, the companys policy is that they will not be giving severance to anyone-regardless of their length of time with a company. How can I contest this? What are my best options for insisting on some bit of severance as a long-term employee given their previous MO of handing it out to lesser employees? E.g. What can I really do? PS. I am in NYC. Sorry for the run ons; stress level is high...  <response>: All you really can do is start looking for a job now and hopefully get picked up before then. Heck, use the bargaining chip that you are available immedietly becasue you dont need to give a 2 weeks notice. I think if you explained to a hiring managerrecruiter why you dont need to give a 2 weeks notice they are shipping your job out of state, and are changing the policy around to save themselves money from having to lay off an entire workforce theyd understand as well. They might use that as a bargaining chip to pay you less though. But for getting a severance packaged... unfortunetly youre probably boned. They most likely did that as a gift to employees, which they arent required to do. 