[uqual]

Although, look at it like a retroactive inflation adjusted 2% raise for every year up to 26 that you worked at Dell.

Dell doesn't _have_ to offer much of anything although in my experience the 1 week per year of tenure on top of a fixed payout is fairly common.

For a 26 year employee, that's a total of 8 months of pay which is plenty of time to find a new job - assuming you have valuable skills to contribute and haven't just been coasting for years and not keeping your industry skills up to date. If one can't find a job in six months that is similar to their now defunct job, they probably won't and likely need to adjust their expectations.