D. Scott Crook, the Utah Employment Lawyer, discusses critical severance provisions that executives often ignore:  

- Favorable job recommendations 

- Non-competition agreements 

- Non-solicitation agreements 

- Mutual waiving of claims 

- Non-disparagement clauses 

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D. Scott Crook is the Utah Employment Lawyer. Fired Up focuses on questions that he frequently receives from his professional and executive clients regarding severance, employee stock option agreements, executive employment contracts, and more.  

Scott has represented public and private employers with their human resource and employment law needs for the last 20+ years. Scott's practice is unique because he also represents executive-level employees and professionals unlike many other lawyers in his field. 

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0:00 - Intro and Disclaimer 

1:09 - Other severance provisions are just as important as compensation 

4:06 - Which severance provisions should be negotiated? 

5:40 - Why are other severance provisions just as important as compensation? 

10:14 - Job search assistance as a severance provision 

11:38 - How often do employers agree to negotiate on these provisions? 

13:22 - Non-disparagement clauses 

15:07 - Often, these provisions are more important than compensation 

15:53 - Take a deep breath and call a lawyer