I hate that there is such a double standard with this. Corporation can eliminate my employment at any time with zero notice and suffer minimal reputational impact. If I decide to quit right now and walk out of my office, I have to worry about long lasting reputational issues and "burning bridges". I get why it's like this, corporations have all the leverage, just hate that the dynamic exists.

Wow, here in Germany you need to give 4 weeks notice at the minimum. Two months if the employment lasted for at least five years.

It is possible that the employer pays for some number of weeks, but does not require (or allow) the employee to do any work during that period. But in 2017, I doubt it. If it's a big company in an at-will state, they just show you the door and say, "Bye. Good luck out there!"

That's the American expectation, but most European employment legislation disagrees -- that's probably the root of the question.

HPE will give severance. You don't start unemployment the next day.

One day's notice of redundancy. In many countries, in the circumstances at hand, it's not legal.