Innie & outie | Would you give up your work memories and undergo Severance for $100K?

Imagine walking into your workplace, taking the lift down, going through an eight-hour shift, taking the lift back up, then having no recollection of that working day.

Every task, conversation, and challenge erased the moment you clock out. In return, you receive a generous salary and a work-life balance that is, quite literally, absolute.

It sounds like science fiction, because (as many of you will recognize) it is. It’s the premise of Apple TV’s hit high-concept show, Severance, which is the latest streaming phenom to become a candidate in the debate about the greatest TV show of all time.

But according to a new survey a surprising number of workers say they wouldn’t mind giving it a shot it if they had the chance.