The SeveranceDecoded Kit — $49, one payment
The free checker counts your deadline. The Kit does the rest of the work the deadline is for: it translates every clause of the agreement into plain words, audits the paperwork against the law's own checklist — including the group layoff list nobody checks — and gives you the negotiation playbook and the exact words to use. Built for the same reason this site never asks for an upload: the agreement is confidential, and you should not have to hand it to a website to understand it.
One payment, yours to keep. Delivered instantly after checkout. No account, no subscription.
Still wondering whether the amount itself is fair for your role? That benchmark check lives at our sister site, SeveranceVerdict — free, and it takes a minute. This Kit is the other half: the deadline, the clauses, and the paperwork audit.
Ten clauses, each in plain words: what it means, what to look for, the questions to raise. The release, what you can never sign away, the non-compete and non-solicit, the money (bonus, commissions, stock, vacation), dates and health coverage, confidentiality, references and rehire, the change-your-mind paragraph, arbitration.
The law's checklist, turned into checkboxes: plain language, the age law named, written advice to consult a lawyer, something extra paid for the release, no future claims, your clock stated correctly, your revocation explained. Every miss becomes a written question to raise.
In a group layoff, the law requires a disclosure: the group chosen from, the factors used, the time limits, the titles and ages of everyone picked, and the ages of everyone not picked. Courts have undone releases over sloppy versions of this list — wrong group, ages in ranges, one list instead of two. No other severance tool audits it; the upload-based services do not, and neither do the free ones. The Kit walks yours line by line and turns every gap into the exact question to put to HR in writing.
What actually moves — money, your last day, stock deadlines, the non-compete, your reference, coverage — ranked by how often it works, with ready-to-send scripts for asking for more time, asking for changes, and revoking within your window.
The honest page: the short list of facts (a recent protected complaint, a skewed layoff list, serious equity, owed wages) that mean a lawyer's paid hour — $350 to $750 flat is the going range — is the right spend, and how to find one who reviews these daily. If that's you, buy the hour, not the Kit.
| SeveranceDecoded Kit | Attorney flat-fee review | Upload-based analyzers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $49 once | $350–$1,950 | $49–$249 |
| Your agreement | Stays with you — no upload | Shared with the firm | Uploaded to their servers |
| Deadline counting | Yes, with restart rules | On the call | Partial |
| Paperwork audit (the law's list) | Yes, checkbox-by-checkbox | Yes | Partial |
| Group layoff list (Exhibit A) audit | Yes — the only one | If you ask | No |
| Negotiation playbook + scripts | Yes | Advice on the call | No |
| Judgment about YOUR facts | No — red-flag page routes you | Yes — this is their value | No |
Get the SeveranceDecoded Kit — $49
This site reads the paper — your real deadline, every clause in plain words, the group layoff list. It does not score the amount against what people in your role usually get. Our sister site, SeveranceVerdict, does exactly that: a free checker that compares your offer to the going benchmarks for your role and years of service, and gives you a straight verdict — below market, at market, or strong.
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No. SeveranceDecoded is not a law firm and the Kit is information, checklists, and negotiation education — it never tells you your agreement is valid or invalid, and its red-flag page routes the situations that need a lawyer straight to one.
Checkout takes under a minute; you land directly on your Kit page. Bookmark it — it is yours to keep, and it prints cleanly if you want the checklists on paper next to the agreement.
The Kit is built to be worked in one sitting: dates first, then the audit, then the decoder on the clauses that bind you, then your asks. And if your window is truly closing today, the first script in the playbook is the one that asks for more time.