Should be noted that employment in Sweden is as far from “at will” as you can get. There is basically no legal difference between a union worker at a paper mill and a software developer at a startup (once it reaches a certain size). The law basically says that the last one in must be first out, and sidestepping this order requires negotiating severance with unions (yes also for white collar tech workers). So if you need to reduce headcount by 10% it’s going to be cheap if you fire the 10% most recent hires. If you want yo choose the 10% to cull it’s going to be expensive. The compensations in the article don’t look very generous at all.