People don't get to be "Sir" and rise to the top of the civil service without being extremely bright, socially adept, and high quality managers.
He may not get a high profile job, and he may not want one. But he will be employable at a very senior level - if for no other reason than his track record in managing a department of many '000s of staff, £bn budgets, and behaving with integrity.
The public sector are also very wary of washing their dirty linen in public. Given the high profile rift between Pritti and Sir Phillip, neither would have benefitted from the suggestion that a large redundancy payment was any other than a bribe by Pritti to encourage Sir Phillip to leave.
He may also be expecting a higher pay off for constructive dismissal, and the pleasure of dragging Pritti through the courts!
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