... (Background: I am on the "prior" plan, aka 94 plan) Right. This might just be a case of incompetence, that is an error in the netbenefits version of the...
65918
finitewisdom
Jan 1, 2008 8:39 pm
Hewitt is no longer allowing us to log in to check our 401K balances, and the year-end 2007 balance was not online by 9 p.m. central time last night. How are...
65919
chz_whiz
Jan 1, 2008 9:07 pm
That's what it looks like. They say NetBenefits will have the data posted tomorrow. They've also said that historical data will not be available. Presumably,...
65920
Ed Hayden
edmhayden
Jan 1, 2008 11:05 pm
Gee whiz; If IBM doesn't give a rats tail connection point for it's employees/retirees why would it's vendors, especially it's ex-vendors? I'm beginning to...
65921
thekanck
Jan 1, 2008 11:05 pm
Briz: Please let us know what you hear back ;-) Thanks, TK...
65922
ibm_country_boy
Jan 1, 2008 11:05 pm
I got my balances at 10:12CST on 12/31. I guess I should consider myself fortunate. I made a habit of going in every night after 8PM ET to see what had...
65923
Joseph Manno
josephmnn
Jan 2, 2008 2:58 am
I started receiving retirement payments in 1998 but have not seen an increase for 2001. Was I suppose to get one? ... From: csp20002000 To:...
65924
sby_willie
Jan 2, 2008 11:40 am
"..No historical data will be moved over.." Smacks of a quite similar action of IBM taking ESTIMATR down back in 1999 to "make the program changes" and also to...
65925
albanyblue2000
Jan 2, 2008 2:15 pm
... ====================== Chz, it looks as if the IBM dumboes who set up the original deal with Hewitt failed to get 'rights in data' clauses in their...
65926
finitewisdom
Jan 2, 2008 2:15 pm
Fidelity has our 2008 401K starting balances online...as well as the balance for the last day of 2007. Sure would be nice if they included at the very least...
65927
Ed Hayden
edmhayden
Jan 2, 2008 5:33 pm
I noticed that my investments did not reflect the last selection I had made for 4Q07. I put everything into the Inflation Protected Bond Fund and that was...
65928
Don Shuper
donwshuper
Jan 2, 2008 5:34 pm
Hmmmm- 401K plans are covered by ERISA - take the time to write the listed IBM plan administrator and ask for whatever historical data you believe you need. ...
65929
thekanck
Jan 2, 2008 5:34 pm
I just tried to access my 401k via netbenefits 11AM EST and all I can get is a partial page displayed ... It appears there is supposed to be a text box with a...
65930
htharwood
Jan 2, 2008 5:35 pm
One of the worst parts of this ruling is the following: Employers will be able to reduce or eliminate health benefits provided to the spouse or dependents of a...
65931
thekanck
Jan 2, 2008 5:38 pm
I got it squared away ... the "terms and conditions" screen was not coming up ... some glitch somewhere... and without agreeing to T&C it's no dice... Indeed...
65932
ffandrick
Jan 2, 2008 6:04 pm
What are the odds IBM will take advantage of this opportunity to screw the retirees again? Not good with our current management. I am in the same situation as...
65933
justa_bean_counter
justa_bean_c...
Jan 2, 2008 6:56 pm
To NRLN Grassroots Advocates: On December 26, 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published in the Federal Register its final rule that...
65934
thekanck
Jan 3, 2008 2:50 am
Yep... some of my transactions may be lost. It appears that when the two accounts were consolidated that a new account number was created for the 401k+ account...
65935
nyce10022
Jan 3, 2008 2:50 am
The Hewitt posted year end numbers on Friday 12-28-2007 at noon. Hewitt will mail a final ststement to everyone in January. This was posted on the Hewitt Site...
65936
onlyadon
Jan 3, 2008 2:51 am
... I compared by looking at the fidelity transaction history and compared it to the number of shares I show for each fund in quicken. They all matched.....
65937
fstephens
Jan 3, 2008 2:51 am
When accessing the 401K Plus info from IBM NETBENEFITS it forces you to accept the FEES for the plans. BUT, it does not tell you what those FEES are. I called...
65938
fstephens
Jan 3, 2008 2:51 am
The Fees are listed for most of the funds so that you can see them before ACCEPTING the conditions. ***** Sign on to Netbenefits/IBM Select Savings and...
65939
onlyadon
Jan 3, 2008 3:46 am
Hmm, I am getting an OL301 error msg on transaction download, so I thought downloading was disabled, perhaps its an account number change. You can do...
65940
chz_whiz
Jan 3, 2008 2:59 pm
... data ... be ... with ... This ... management ... Mike, The IBM that you and I retired from would have cared. They would have cared for accuracy, audit,...
65941
amindtothink
Jan 3, 2008 2:59 pm
fstephens.... Let us know what you find out about fees. Do you know what the old fees were so you can compare the two? ... those ... will ... 401K...
65942
chz_whiz
Jan 3, 2008 2:59 pm
Regardless of the ruling, employers could already reduce these benefits if the wanted to. The only thing preventing them from totally hosing retirees is the ...
65943
chz_whiz
Jan 3, 2008 2:59 pm
There are clearly problems with the transition from Hewitt to Fidelity. The following line was cut and pasted from NetBenefits, so it's NOT typed incorrectly....
65944
GarrySmithwick
Jan 3, 2008 2:59 pm
Has anyone figured out how to get the total YTD overall percentage gain or lose for the 401K account on the new NetBenefits page? I liked the old system that...
65945
thekanck
Jan 3, 2008 11:06 pm
It was my understanding that current employees could not transfer assets from a 401K to an IRA; that the only way to do that would be to quit working for the...
65946
thekanck
Jan 3, 2008 11:06 pm
<Warning... I am speculating here> I think you are getting the OL301 error because our new Fidelity 401k-plus account has a different account number than our...
