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Consider yourself lucky that you can get out if you choose (or are forced out). The beauty of getting out sooner rather that later is the interest rate environment we are currently in. With the rates so low your lump sum is at it's highest point. If rates go up (even a little bit) it could mean hundreds of thousands of dollars less for you and suddenly you realized you worked 2 or 3 years for nothing. Start interviewing financial advisers, weed through the bad ones till you find a good one you can trust. Good luck and congratulations on making it to retirement eligible. Life is too short to be miserable my friend.
You nailed it. I went out on 12/31/11 as WYE legacy so had a nice lump sum and got the WYE retiree health plan although just got a booklet of gibberish yesterday saying ALL retirees will be on the PFE health plan staring in 2015. I guess I'd better get out the KY Jelly.
PS - I interviewed 8 financial advisers and asked each for a proposal based on a guess of my lump sum. The worst was Fidelity. I exclude them immediately. They LOVE annuities and Mutual Funds which benefit them more than you. 2 LPL guys tried selling me an annuity - one for 60% of my lump, one for 30%. They get an insane commission on an annuity. No thanks, it's dead money. I narrowed it down to 2 of them and I'm very happy. Still have a balance of more than I started with and drawing 6.5% income after his fees - plus every single bit of it is liquid or TOD as opposed to annuity.
Start early, don't sign anything until you've talked to several people and good luck...