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hr, payroll & talent·run 061 · May 2026

Severancesim

A workforce-restructuring scenario workspace for HR and Legal teams at 100–1,000-person companies that assembles source-linked severance, notice, benefits, equity, agreement, cohort and public-response assumptions into P10/P50/P90 ranges, a board-ready heat map and an approval trail without predicting legal outcomes or executing terminations.

Genesis score6.26/10
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The opportunity
100–1,000 FTETarget employer size
1Original APIs verified
The case

Workforce reductions create several obligations at once: severance policy, notice timing, paid-leave payout, continuation coverage, equity treatment, separation agreements, protected-class concentration and external communications. The supplied research confirms enterprise compliance software, a free point-in-time calculator and a public 50-state notice-filings feed, but found no small-company product combining probabilistic ranges with board-ready cohort review. Severancesim imports only authorized workforce and policy data, versions every assumption and compares named scenarios through P10/P50/P90 liability ranges. These are model outputs under declared assumptions, not actuarial certification, legal advice, a prediction of claims or permission to terminate anyone. Employee identity, cohort analysis and individual employment decisions remain separated. The product can flag missing evidence and concentration for counsel review, but it cannot infer protected status, score a person for termination, determine lawful selection or automate notices, agreements, payments or communications. Recommendation, counsel review, approval, HR action, provider acknowledgment, employee receipt, payment, claim, correction and later outcome are distinct states. Any operational step remains outside the simulator unless separately authorized, verified and independently read back.

Who pays — and why

A head of HR, people operations leader or employment counsel at a 100–1,000-person company preparing scenarios for executives and the board before a possible workforce reduction.

Market signalValidate by workforce size, jurisdictions, scenarios, policy versions, reviewer seats, counsel collaboration, exports and retained evidenceNo price was supplied; any comparable pricing is an observed market reference, not fixed product pricing
What it unlocks
A versioned restructuring baseline that distinguishes workforce facts, policy terms, jurisdictional rules, benefit and equity assumptions, notice evidence and missing fields.
Comparable scenarios with P10/P50/P90 liability ranges, cohort concentration views, sensitivity, sources, uncertainty and board-ready exports rather than one deceptive total.
A governed record separating analysis, counsel review, exact approval, HR execution, provider acknowledgment, employee communication, payment, claims, corrections and later outcomes.
How Genesis scored it
6.26across seven criteria
tension 7temporal 7blindspot 5buyer 5leverage 7convergence 5why-not 7
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Productive tension

Leaders want a fast number while liability, claims, employee treatment and public response are uncertain and consequential.

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Temporal window

Recent workforce-reduction precedent and notice-data availability support a current test.

5
Convergence

Two cross-references and three inbound connections provide moderate convergence.

Why it scored well

A concrete buyer workflow, a public notice-data substrate, a confirmed gap between point calculators and probabilistic scenario review, and reusable rule wiring support the opportunity.

What's holding it back

The buyer budget and current alternative are incomplete, jurisdictional and policy variation is substantial, no structural incumbent cost is established, and legal or cohort outputs can be misused if governance is weak.

Signals detected3 sources crossed
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