back in the early 90's i took 9k to walk out there and then plus a months pay on top as we did not need to work the notice. i went straight in to another job the following monday. some of the blokes where 6 mths out of work but they were lacking in skills so it all depends on your skill set i supose. i feal for anyone in this situation as we had 9 blokes caned last month due to the drop in the dolla as all the cars we convert are from the USA and it went from 98c to the au dolla to 65c so put all the cars up by 30%