http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ibm-adds-15-billion-share/story.aspx?guid=%7B7C7D8FF4-3969-412D-99D4-9A2292AB356D%7D ... In a statement, IBM Chief...
I can't answer that question but would like to issue a general note of caution --- I would suggest anyone taking the lump to arrange for a DIRECT transfer of...
My guess would be: 1) convert more US employees to hourly classifications thus cutting payroll expense. 2) be extremely stingy with approvals of OT for all...
... share/story.aspx?guid=%7B7C7D8FF4-3969-412D-99D4-9A2292AB356D%7D ... One is a strategy called "Globally Integrated Enterprise" a.k.a. GIE. GIE is an...
Thanks so much for the info. I was concerned when I spoke with them and they said they had to send the money directly to me. ... into an ... Don't ... instead...
Yes, they do have to send it to you, BUT you should make sure it is made out to wherever you have established ahead of time, your rollover IRA account, e.g....
IBM (Sam & Mark) have said they'll get EPS to $11.00 per share by 2010. Perhaps they just realized that, now being 2008, 2010 isn't a long way off. With a...
... has changed or not, but it might be that it has. I would very much like to know the answer to the above.... Anybody got any ideas? ... With all respect,...
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh030308-story10.html IBM Ponies Up Another $15 Billion for Share Buybacks Published: March 3, 2008 by Timothy Prickett Morgan Go...
I rolled my 401K over last year. As someone else pointed out, you do not have to be 59.5 years. I was only 57 at the time. The 1099 that I received showed that...
Technically, share buy backs are nothing more than a cash distribution to the share holders somewhat like a dividend. They are better than a dividend for the...
If that happens, we'll probably in for a split. What do you think? ... From: chz_whiz To: ibmpension@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 7:53 PM ...
... If you want COLA, you would get less to start with. The various annuity quotations on the net, like vanguard etc. will show that. So take the IBM fixed...
When (or if?) the stock gets to 165, they'd probably split 2 for 1. A split really doesn't make much difference, though. Twice as many shares at half the...
It's worse than what you're saying. A year ago, folks in our area were informed that all of us would be sent to Atlanta for a month to participate in a LEAN...
As luck would have it, my manager on a one on one call last week brought up the fact that he would have to put me on a performance plan if I don't make exceed...
... Here's my advice for the sequence that I encountered. 1) Call the Employees Service Center (ESC) as soon as you know. They will assign you a benefits...
If you are ready to go, that sounds like a good opportunity to make a few extra bucks. Make sure all the extra duties are documented in writing by him. Keep...
... I went through exactly the same thing last year. While professional decorum prevents me going on a rant about "how can you be a 2+ one year and out the...
We have received a few notes from STG management this year that there are a lot ( hundreds ) of Sales and Technical Sales positions open that they are trying...
No. Especially since you've started a second career in outside contracting. So if you want to work, apparently you're set up already. Let them get rid of you...
I wasn't fired but aged out. I made sure I didn't participate in any retirement events to make sure there was no question that I wasn't leaving voluntarily....
I was employed by IBM from 1981-1993 and let go in the great downsizing of 1993. I was rehired as a regular in 2001. I am now being "resource actioned" again...
Check on your vested rights from the earliest employment; it may be higher than this amount. You should then be owed a second pension from for the second...
My understanding is that an employee who was in the prior plan and left IBM and then was later rehired will be placed in the Cash Balance Plan only for the new...
In a nutshell, you've explained everything that I agree with as per the stock buyback program. This is a gimmick when used as a vehicle to announce to the...
Complain as you must but the value of your pension after 19 years is pretty much what you should have expected it to be. Remember that the IBM defined benefit...
... account? Is ... core ... Whoops, I forgot about the Personal Retirement Provision (PRP) account that is factored into the Pension Credit Formula. Since...
... I find several things on netbenefits labeled summary plan, but nothing describing salary cuts or severance packages. Can anyone point me to the exact name...
