My niece accepted the 8-month buyout last month. She is former military and had a federal job researching requests for grants. Probably a smart move. She has five kids and a husband with shitty insurance so the stress level is high for the next job considering the insurance situation.
Sure hope she gets the $ up front. I would have been very leery on any promises by them and the court cases are making this feel even more sketchy.
Wonder how much all the legal fees are costing for all of this "saving".
OP, sorry to hear about your BIL, but, he did vote for this. Even if he didn't know.