The companies new VP told me they were ‘making changes’ in the IT section ( along with Purchasing, plant management, HR, AP and AR). they offered me a couple of weeks severance in exchange for showing the new guy what to do. Since the new guy wasinterviewed and hired by management that had no idea what happens in the IT area, and naturally selected somebody with a limited skillset, when he found out about everything that needs to be taken care of, he quit to go back to his old job. When management finds out there’s no one left to handle the area after I’m gone, they might ask me to help out. We had already discussed me working on an hourly basis for any emergencies the new guy couldn’t handle. What should I do after my last day AND I’m still collecting the last few weeks of severance? Since I’ve past my last day, do I have some kind of obligation because they are still giving me a check every week? Or should I write up a consulting contract for any work and count the ‘severance’as a gimme?
