Hell, I was the one that brought him in. I thought he might be useful in agitating the Tech fans with Football talk. He agitates all right, just not so much in football. Plus now I have a bigger ax to grind with the UMD fans now.
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Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
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Hell, I was the one that brought him in. I thought he might be useful in agitating the Tech fans with Football talk. He agitates all right, just not so much in football. Plus now I have a bigger ax to grind with the UMD fans now.
Patman
Rodent of Unusual Size
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
Three meetings tomorrow... back-to-back-to-back... I was reading an article today about a back-door paycut of about 5% (they'll claim its about the pension, make me contribute more to my pension while they contribute less... thus being a paycut without it actually being on paper... since I don't get an option its a paycut not a pension reduction).... why the hell am I working this hard? I mean I know why... i get this project done successfully and I'm worth a lot more in industry... but geez... tell me to my face. Either cut staff or cut my pay... don't do sneaky stuff like "furloughs" and "pension adjustments". They're too chicken**** to fire people and they're too chicken**** cut our pay (in the open). Cowards.
Three meetings tomorrow... back-to-back-to-back... I was reading an article today about a back-door paycut of about 5% (they'll claim its about the pension, make me contribute more to my pension while they contribute less... thus being a paycut without it actually being on paper... since I don't get an option its a paycut not a pension reduction).... why the hell am I working this hard? I mean I know why... i get this project done successfully and I'm worth a lot more in industry... but geez... tell me to my face. Either cut staff or cut my pay... don't do sneaky stuff like "furloughs" and "pension adjustments". They're too chicken**** to fire people and they're too chicken**** cut our pay (in the open). Cowards.
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
Then get a job in the private sector and see how that pension looks all of a sudden.
Then get a job in the private sector and see how that pension looks all of a sudden.
Painted_Bandit
beer
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
No 5hit pension, what pension? I just wish people would do their ****ing jobs, im looking right at you program managers and manufacturing leads
No 5hit pension, what pension? I just wish people would do their ****ing jobs, im looking right at you program managers and manufacturing leads
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
Some of us are in the private sector AND have a pension!
Some of us are in the private sector AND have a pension!
JF_Gophers
2147483647
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
As a matter of absolute honesty, I do have a small one. It's not getting contributions anymore, the company ended it after my first year there. I'll get a whopping $1,000/year out of that bad boy. Now I'm all 401(k) with match up to x% and occasional profit sharing contributions, too. That's actually better than my last job.
As a matter of absolute honesty, I do have a small one. It's not getting contributions anymore, the company ended it after my first year there. I'll get a whopping $1,000/year out of that bad boy. Now I'm all 401(k) with match up to x% and occasional profit sharing contributions, too. That's actually better than my last job.
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
But he's right. Local gov't entities are facing that truth already. Duluth has had to face that fact for a few years now. Counties, school districts and states are next (WI, OH, MA anyone?), and finally the federal employees will see it.
But he's right. Local gov't entities are facing that truth already. Duluth has had to face that fact for a few years now. Counties, school districts and states are next (WI, OH, MA anyone?), and finally the federal employees will see it.
DaveStPaul
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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
You know what's interesting? Watching the delivery truck downstairs unloading all our rental furniture, and there they go, taking it across the lot and into the *other building*. Interesting. This should be something.
You know what's interesting? Watching the delivery truck downstairs unloading all our rental furniture, and there they go, taking it across the lot and into the *other building*. Interesting. This should be something.
DaveStPaul
New member
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
Hang on! We have a *2nd* truck from the same company that just pulled in.
Hang on! We have a *2nd* truck from the same company that just pulled in.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
That is the same as me except the company still has the pension going, and the financials that they send out show that it is well funded. Hopefully it stays that way. At orientation they bragged up the pension plan, saying that only a handful of companies still have them. They said that they plan to jeep it going into the foreseeable future.
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
*reads*
Huh.
The biggest problem I'd have with the pension change is that I am currently trying to save for a down payment on a house or condo at some point in the mid-range future. If I would have had that purchase already taken care of, I'd be kinda okay with this.
If this goes through, my immediate response will be to drop my TSP contribution to zero. I need the money up front so I can live and start building equity.
The trade-off taking a job with the feds has always been you sacrifice some general pay to have strong bennies and retirement. Actually, given when I graduated, I'm just happy to have a job at all, federal or not. I'm sure a lot of young federal workers feel the same way.
*reads*
Huh.
The biggest problem I'd have with the pension change is that I am currently trying to save for a down payment on a house or condo at some point in the mid-range future. If I would have had that purchase already taken care of, I'd be kinda okay with this.
If this goes through, my immediate response will be to drop my TSP contribution to zero. I need the money up front so I can live and start building equity.
The trade-off taking a job with the feds has always been you sacrifice some general pay to have strong bennies and retirement. Actually, given when I graduated, I'm just happy to have a job at all, federal or not. I'm sure a lot of young federal workers feel the same way.
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FlagDUDE08
Banned
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
What, is the gridiron on the lake or something?
UMD should move up!!!They have that Superior Football they play up there.
What, is the gridiron on the lake or something?
FlagDUDE08
Banned
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 134: Huh?
I love how people edit my season schedules and don't follow the formatting that I have clearly set forth in order to make the formulas work. It took me a while to figure out why LSSU only had 23 league games (two of them are because of the exemption, that's a bug with Google Docs, I'm aware of it and don't know how to fix it), and it was because someone added an extra space in one of the Ferris State games, and two were because they put Michigan instead of Michigan Ann Arbor, which I did for formula purposes. Oh well, I should be happy that people are taking the time to put them in there, and I don't really mind all that much taking an extra 10 minutes to fix formatting.
OK, I'm putting away the soap box. Good night, lodge!
I love how people edit my season schedules and don't follow the formatting that I have clearly set forth in order to make the formulas work. It took me a while to figure out why LSSU only had 23 league games (two of them are because of the exemption, that's a bug with Google Docs, I'm aware of it and don't know how to fix it), and it was because someone added an extra space in one of the Ferris State games, and two were because they put Michigan instead of Michigan Ann Arbor, which I did for formula purposes. Oh well, I should be happy that people are taking the time to put them in there, and I don't really mind all that much taking an extra 10 minutes to fix formatting.
OK, I'm putting away the soap box. Good night, lodge!
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I have no clue *exactly* what Profit Sharing Plan my company has, but I know it's pretty good, and allegedly only 3 companies still have it (you can't have it now, unless you were grandfathered in). Basically, I get a % of my gross income tossed into some account. Last year it was 20.97% (fully vested, which I was). It hasn't dipped below 18% in the last 5 years, and in the last 3 years, including the big recession year, it hasn't dipped below 19% and change. And I don't contribute to it, because I can't. They literally give you money.
While I know inflation will take a toll, I'll be a "millionaire" by the time I'm in my early 50s.
I have no clue *exactly* what Profit Sharing Plan my company has, but I know it's pretty good, and allegedly only 3 companies still have it (you can't have it now, unless you were grandfathered in). Basically, I get a % of my gross income tossed into some account. Last year it was 20.97% (fully vested, which I was). It hasn't dipped below 18% in the last 5 years, and in the last 3 years, including the big recession year, it hasn't dipped below 19% and change. And I don't contribute to it, because I can't. They literally give you money.
While I know inflation will take a toll, I'll be a "millionaire" by the time I'm in my early 50s.
Pretty close to it. Northern Michigan's is closer, but it's in a dome.What, is the gridiron on the lake or something?
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