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A university in Pennsylvania made a similar offer this summer. 40% of the employees accepted it, including the president.

May I ask which university?

Penn State.

https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/penn-state-off...

Yes. The campus I was referring to specifically was New Kensington. Here's the president that took the buyout: https://www.psu.edu/news/new-kensington/story/penn-state-new...

20% of the employees across all campuses took the buyout. The percentage of staff (not faculty) that accepted it varied across campuses from 8% to 41%.

Fun part, Automattic already gives you 3 months sabbatical every 5 years. For the people who were going to take sabbatical, they got those 3 months off.

Paid or unpaid sabbatical?

Paid: https://automattic.com/benefits/sabbatical/

>Matt Mullenweg is returning from his 3 month sabbatical, dubbed “Samattical”, which kicked off February 1, 2024.

No matter how the court case goes, there's enough goodwill destroyed that he could rename himself Hazmatt by now.