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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:07 PM Original message |
I am being laid off- any pension experts out there? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow - that's ballsy. |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Whats "ballsy"? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yup - that's the only conceivable explanation I could think of, given how low interest rates are... |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I don't like the idea of leaving money with them to "manage". |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yup - that's what all money-in-matress folks say. It might even be true, for like 2 of them... |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I have no dependents. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. He might as well ask for the lump sum |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Check the documents/contract; |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. They are very likely to make the offer |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. A lot of sad stories start with the phrase "I liquidated my retirement to start the business". |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes and other stories start by "The company raided the pension fund". |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. That's true. There are no guarantees either way. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Is it a true pension, or was it convered to a cash balance plan? |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. They changed it for new hires ten years ago to a cash plan. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
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