Plant closing and notice period questions, accounts payable clerk here

My employer announced that the site will close and gave us written notice. Any experience at all would help. I do not know if I should start looking now or wait for severance news. Should I stay for the bonus?

Start your search early. I wish I had begun the day of the notice.

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