Flock employees could be about to leave the company en masse, as the controversial coverage it has faced has led it to offer generous severance packages to anyone who wants to leave.

The company has given workers the option to leave with severance packages, subsidized healthcare, and an extended period to exercise vested stock options.

In terms of reputation, 2026 has been a particularly bad year for Flock, marked by intense public backlash over concerns about surveillance, alleged police misuse, security breaches, and increased political scrutiny.

Employees have until October 2nd to express their intention to leave, with a final deadline of October 9th to accept the company paying off their remaining contract, with some severance packages reported to be worth tens of thousands of dollars, revealed Wired.

Flock CEO Garrett Langley has already conceded that his staff sees the negative publicity on social media, as he said on the current-events-themed All In Podcast last month.

The biggest damage is internal morale because you go on to X or you go on to Reddit and you go, why are people so mad at us when we've been doing the same thing for 9 years.

Flock CEO Garrett Langley, said on the All-In Podcast last month.

Why Flock employees are facing backlash

One of the most scandalous issues facing the company has been unauthorized searches carried out by the police, including one senior detective who looked up his ex-lover thousands of times.

Then, in Texas, an officer used automatic license-plate recognition (ALPR) to track down a woman who self-managed an abortion. Officers have, on the whole, made a mockery of searching, with a severe trivialization of search terms being used, as reported by Cybernews.

On top of that came the revelation that some police officers even flip the search procedure by simply searching for a time, location, or driving habit (instead of a license plate number) and asking AI to tally its findings.

As a result of all this controversy, Flock equipment has been targeted and destroyed by protesters, bringing further publicity to the matter.

Many cities have canceled their contracts with the surveillance firm during the month of August.

This, in turn, leads to incredulous posts on online forums.

Philosophical reaction to pending Flock exodus

As if to echo the CEO’s sentiment of social media publicity, a few commenters took to Reddit to air their views on the matter.

One commenter exclaimed: “Quit. Absolutely quit! Find other jobs and be part of something great. Flock doesn’t care about you. They care about money and power. Leave [them] dry.” (pull quote).

Another comment remarked upon the Orwellian themes of surveillance as per George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, and questioned anyone's desire to work for Flock with the author’s predictions ringing true.

And, speaking in the grand scheme of things, another Redditor captured the broader issue of state surveillance, vocalizing, “Flock is but a small battle in a larger series,” before adding that people will “quickly become disillusioned and totally complacent.”

Another commenter noted that employees who object to Flock’s surveillance morals can simply be replaced by those who don’t.

As the Flock looks set to be a revolving door, one wonders whether the mindset of the staff at large will change in the process.