When you get laid off, it’s not uncommon for an employer to ask you to sign a severance agreement.  They do it for many reasons.  The first is that it creates some good will so hopefully you don’t do anything bad toward the company on your way out.  The second is that for the remaining employees, it shows that the company isn’t run by a bunch of no-good meanies, even if they let you go.

But the biggest reason that a company will do it is because they want to close the books on their relationship with you.  When you…
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