If there are any faculty here at a university that either has closed or is closing, did you receive any payout or severance bonus at the end as the school closed? Note that I am NOT talking about the 退職金 payment that people usually get when they leave a position or retire, but a special one-time payment as compensation for the school closing.
I’m not sure about the Japanese norms (or policies) in this situation.
Background: I’m a tenured faculty at a small women’s university that is not doing so well – low student enrollment since the COVID era. I see the school closing as inevitable so of course I am looking for other jobs, but I am also looking for possible reasons it might be worth holding on until the end.
by ShishiWhisperer