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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:27 PM Original message |
Retire now or lose your pension. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Let some young buck have a stab at it and a pension |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. the young buck would not get the |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yeah, but at least they get a job |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Isn't this practicing ageism? Should his professional life end at 63 |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Hm. I don't know. Sorta, yeah |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. my husband is one of those people who |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, I feel different |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. when i was 30 i didn't want to work either. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. I get the same comment occasionally |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Why? |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. "[F]uck the new guy... I don't owe anybody anything". |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. And who, exactly, owes ANYBODY, ANYTHING? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. +1 |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. most of the boomers are or were |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. horrible. Hope he figures away to keep both job and pension |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. he has to leave to get the pension. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. Retire, take the pension and, as long as he has no noncompete clause |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. what a shame . . . sure hope it works out for you and your husband |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. You know he might get plenty of work as a consultant |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. If he is going to retire this year, make sure he does so like in November. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. he can take a lump sum, but |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I believe (and this is tax knowledge going back decades |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. he's not going to take the lump sum. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. The annuity is better unlesS ... |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. I would take that offer in a heartbeat. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. thank you femmocrat. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Same here |
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dynasaw (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pension and the Art of Double Dipping |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. my friend's SO is a school psychologist. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm sure your husband would be able to |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. we have a 401k too which we'll probably |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. If your husband goes into consulting |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. He should retire on the last possible day to retain eligibility for the current pension |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. he works on a big account. right now |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. There you go. |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Seems to be a tough spot for you |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Make sure he's not forced to sign a non-compete as terms of retirement. |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. If your husband has been a contributor |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. that's why when they changed the |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. So sad |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Isn't 41 years enough? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Until I acquire enough wealth to buy 11% of the posters here, its never enough |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
54. Enough of what? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. Enough of taking crap from corporate psychopath CEOs. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. i say take the money and run . . . |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. NO ONE IS INDISPENSABLE. They will let him go and not blink once. Please |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. we know that. his company |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Does he have any other interests that he might like to do better than going to work? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. i've been telling him for years |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Bird or wildlife watching. Anything can be fun |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hey I can't comprehend how anyone would want |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. in your case it's understandable. i hope |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. I bailed out just short of my 62nd birthday. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. What did Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue do? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. My dear DesertFlower! |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. my dear peggy. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
48. A decent pension is a rare gem these days. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
49. Not a union contract? |
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Lady President (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
51. What about health care? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. Good point. Starting now that is one thing that definitely needs to be ironed out with Personnel |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
52. My father was given that choice by one of the Bell companies years ago. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. i worked for new york telephone |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Yes, he was with C&P Bell. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
55. 63? Were it me, I would take the pension, and if I didn't like retirement |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
56. Annuities are an insurance product,you know how they really care. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
58. well i would retire and keep the pension |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
59. This is going on everywhere |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
63. I was born in 1975. What's a pension? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. 401(K) pretty much replaced defined pensions few years after you were born in 1978 |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
64. see if he can work a deal to come back as a contractor. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. the big problem i think would be his medical coverage gap |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. part of the stim package was extending COBRA benefits for an additional |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. i'm sure he can keep his insurance. he'll |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Welcome to the world of contractors... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. i spoke to someone at the company today. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
73. Take the adequate handshake and hope to be rehired as a consultant. Holding on is too risky... |
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