About ExitBase

Severance is one of the most consequential negotiations of a career, and one of the least transparent. Most people see exactly one offer in their lifetime — their own — and HR rarely volunteers what was given to peers down the hall. The result is predictable: offers vary wildly for the same role at the same company, and people accept terms they could have improved if they had simply known what was on the table.

ExitBase exists to fix that. It is a crowdsourced database where people who have been laid off or otherwise separated share the terms they received — weeks of pay, equity treatment, COBRA, non-competes, what they pushed back on and what changed — so the next person can walk into the conversation with data.

• Anyone who has received a severance package can submit a report. Submissions are anonymous by default; no account is required.
• Reports cover the full picture: company, role, level, location, tenure, compensation, severance terms, and any negotiation that happened.
• Anyone can browse the database by company, role, or industry, and see aggregated statistics alongside individual reports.
• Submitters can optionally attach an offer letter or separation agreement. Attached documents are kept private and used only to improve data quality — they are never shown publicly.

For more on how data is collected, verified, anonymized, and aggregated, see our Methodology.

• Anonymous by default. No one should have to risk their next job to help the next person negotiate.
• No ads, no tracking. ExitBase uses a single cookie to remember whether you have contributed. Nothing else.
• Useful raw, useful in aggregate. Individual reports help with negotiation; aggregate views help spot patterns at a company or role.
• Trustworthy data over big data. We would rather have a smaller, honest dataset than a noisy one. Fake reports get removed.

ExitBase was built by an ex-Googler who kept noticing the same pattern: the people who walked away with the best severance terms were almost always the ones who happened to know someone with a recent offer to compare against. Most people don't have that someone. ExitBase exists so they don't have to.

Follow along on X at @chenglinlim for updates and notes on building ExitBase in public.

The dataset is only as good as the people who contribute to it. If you have been through a layoff or separation, please share your package. It takes a few minutes and helps the next person walk in informed.

Questions, feedback, or a report you would like corrected or removed? Reach us through our contact page. See also our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.