Quick reply. I obviously have no facts. You’re silly to go into the portal with “hopes” of $$$. They’re upfront negotiating imo. No way they are not. Hard to “quit your job”. Then say you opsied and didn’t. Age old corporate American adage. Don’t make a threat you aren’t willing to make good on.
I base half my speculation on …. They spend (the big xfers) almost no time in the portal before deciding as if money fell out of the sky in 48 or 24 hours. Time will tell with this one obviously