As backlash against its surveillance network refuses to die down, Flock Safety is kicking off an employee buyout program that’ll let workers leave the company with a “generous” severance package, Wired reports.
It’s seemingly an admission that the company is in turmoil. Protestors have targeted Flock’s AI-powered license plate scanning cameras so fiercely that many cities and police departments are cancelling or declining to extend their contracts, which could leave the enterprise short of revenue goals, according to Wired‘s sources. It’s either buyouts for the 1,500 worker-strong company, or layoffs.
Employees who want to leave are getting a solid deal, at least according to Flock. The voluntary severance program, which started accepting applications Friday, gives employees several months of health care coverage and the ability to exercise stock options within two years of separation. Some employees have reportedly said they’ve received buyout offers in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Flock, in its professed munificence, called the buyout package as the “most generous” ever offered by the company, extolling that it provides “greater agency” for its employees.
