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Originally Posted by calf
I know a few people who have successfully gone back to their (former) employers and have basically said "I'll sign this if you give me a higher severance" without lawyering up. This was a few years ago, and was with larger companies who probably planned to have some push back/additional severance awarded. Most would prefer to just award more than deal with lawyers as it's less costly and saves time. YMMV.
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Didn't work for me when I personally called the HR. Was told I was welcome to pay up for a lawyer to initiate it. They played hardball with me, as well as most people. Wasn't worth it as I wasn't there long enough to make a big enough bump relative to the stress and potential cost incurred. So I played my card, they played theirs, their bluff worked.
However a former coworker who had been at same company over 10years also tried that... same response. But he DID get a lawyer involved and after some stalling and more noise they eventually bumped his settlement up. Then he managed to find new work right away so he scored super huge.