<prompt> Human: Ill try and keep this as short as I can. Using a throwaway account.So my wifes company was recently acquired, and her future employment there is uncertain. My wife decided to interview and was offered another position with another company and received a decent raise.If she is laid from her current employer she will receive about 9K in severance, 10K as a retention bonus for staying with the company thus far, and about 4K in vacation which they stated will be paid out. Totaling around 23K.Her current employer is going to handle their newly acquired employees in one of three ways.1. Simply laid off2. Offer a transition role where they will be eventually laid off. If they decline this they will still receive severance, but forfeit the retention bonus3. Will be offered a new position with the company If they decline this they get nothingMy wife has already accepted the position with the new company, so she is for sure leaving. The issue is that her start date is two days after the date her current company is going to notify the employees about which group theyll fall in. She obviously doesnt want to burn any bridges by only giving a two day notice, but if she resigns she basically gives up the 23K. If the date comes and she is laid off without giving notice then beautiful, she gets 23K and starts a new job two days later.So essentially, what would you guys do in this situation?FWIW, my thought was to not give any notice and hope for the layoff. If she is offered a position she believes there is a slim chance, then simply tell her bosses the truth that she was hoping to be laid off and was hoping for the monies.Let me know if any clarification or info is needed. Sorry if this post is all over the place.EDIT: Thanks everyone for your advice, it is really appreciated! For the posts recommending asking to be laid off: From what shes told me, I wouldnt really trust her higher ups. I wouldnt put it past them to try and d her over in they suspect that she might be leaving.  <response>: Ill trade 23k for a bad reference any day! 