Just another press release form IBM that some reporter decided to print. I was just RA'd in May but managed to retire with 33 years. I can tell you that they...
http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tri/news.apx.-content-articles-TRI-2007-08-31-0006.html ... Glenn Ward said he spends $3,000 a month buying the prescription...
http://www.forbes.com/leadership/compensation/2007/08/29/ceo- executive-compensation-lead-comp-cx_sm_0829pay.html Executive Pay More In A Day Than In A Year ...
Too many generalizations in both the article and most of the comments I've read so far. First thing to remember is that many IBM'ers hours are billed to the...
Can someone who has access to the IBM plan documents tell us what happens to surviving spouse benefits if/when that person remarries? Thanks, Janet Krueger ...
Hi Folks, Has anyone else had this experience/explanation from the ESC? I retired at the end of this past July. I contacted the Employee Service Center well in...
USHR113 "About Your Benefits IBM Personal Pension Plan - Prior Plan," section 1.5 says: "Once benefit payments begin, the elected form of payment, including ...
My experience goes back to 1987. At that time if you tried to elect any joint and survivor option less than 50%, it required legal signoff by the spouse. The...
In this state, the first spouse (who lived with the employee while employee was earning benefits. Since all income is actually "joint" so is earned pension....
I had read warnings about this in general in retirement planning. It's not just an IBM thing. It has to do with the way annuities are done. The annuity is...
... I retired in 1989 with the 100% restore option. In addition I selected the option that should I die before I retired my spouse would get the same pension...
I retired last December, and took the 100% spouse option...but I was told the 100% restore option was not available to me. Does anyone know why this would be...
I am the one who originally asked the group owner the question about surviving spouse benefits. I thought I'd give a bit more of an explanation to make sure I...
Is a CEO worth 364 times the average Joe? Here are four infuriating facts about the salaries and friendly tax rules that let executive fat cats cash in -- and...
... As told to me by the ESC: If she does get it, then she has to notify the ESC. Your pension and your wife's part of it come from different accounts. If you...
it is not only IBM that requires you to return the last check(s)! The following happened to me . . . when my father passed on many years ago. People forget...
... about ... has ... reason, ... me ... has ... she ... Julie Ann, Technically, the survivor pension benefits are not surviving spouse benefits. They are...
Greetings, My husband will be retiring from IBM soon. Once he retires, I'm wondering how we go about getting information (the easiest way) regarding pension...
... One way is to go to the following web page: http://www.ibm.com/afteribm/us You'll find a little bit of news here, such as notices as to when the next...
... It all goes through the ESC (Employees Service Center); I've posted this before but it's worth posting again: Here's my advice for the sequence that I...
... There is a "restore" option that would do as you ask. Like everything else, it costs a bit, and lowers your pension while you are both alive. I've been...
Well said, Donhaney72. The pension is essentially an actuarially calculated amount of money that has been allocated for your monthly pension which is based on ...
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