Awesome that it worked out for you! That said, 9 months of pay as severance for 20 years of work seems a bit disappointing.
In my country it's currently one month of pay per year worked for layoffs where the employee was not at fault.
In my country it's currently one month of pay per year worked for layoffs where the employee was not at fault.
It's normally closer to 1-2 weeks per year. Also in the UK, ireland and france they put a very low cap on the weekly pay.
The downsides of living here are discussed elsewhere, of course. But let's not get sidetracked :)
if the employer wishes to give you more they are perfectly free to (and it's very, very common to)