in many chip companies in sillycon valley long time employees are waiting for layoffs in order to reap severance pay packages in the hundred thousand dollar range after working for over 36.9 years. but companies are not budging, prefer to wait it out and let employees retire or resign voluntarily (with no severance package). meantime these employees are collecting senior paychecks, enjoying health benefits, and quiet-quiting (working minimum). show up for work late, talk cock until late morning coffee break, talk cock again, surf internet, long lunch break, talk cock again, surf internet until mid afternoon tea break, and leave early. no wonder traffic jams up at 3pm. everybody is going home or running errands after leaving office. and they get paid over $169k per year in gross and benefits for being a useless and unproductive “senior” tech worker.