What will we do? Just be happy that anything is given. You piss the wrong people off and it goes to zero. Post 57 and 53 are correct. You don't have a leg to stand on. You're negotiating with someone who feels that anything given is done by charity.What do you suggest? A retiree Union? GE retirees had no ground to stand on, so what makes Merck so special? I did something. I left and no longer buy their products. I don't support the company they have become.
What will we do? Just be happy that anything is given. You piss the wrong people off and it goes to zero. Post 57 and 53 are correct. You don't have a leg to stand on. You're negotiating with someone who feels that anything given is done by charity.
If we don't make as much money, the company gives less to charity.
If you bite the hand that feeds you, the company gives less to charity.
The best you can do is shut up and be happy with anything donated to you.
No. Currently at 65 you have 80/20 coverage from Merck (i.e., Aetna or BCBS) in addition to being able to have standard Medicare coverage 80/20. So now you end up with just Medicare coverage through the private exchange. The letter says it saves the Company money and gives seniors multiple options. Does not say it saved the participants money.
Wah, wah, wah~~I want my freebies. I worked hard for the bennies.
Tough luck. Stop freeloading. If you need new benefits go out and get a job. Otherwise, shut up.
We can't afford you leeching off the profits of the company.
Besides, Trump will have a new national plan and it will be terrific.
Notre Dame winning ?
Changing the benefits to someone who worked their whole career and sucessfully reached retirement is freeloading? Ok I guess you would be ok if Merck decided not to give you the pension you earned when you leave the company just because they wanted to save money. And you would be ok if the government took over your 401K and swapped it for T-Bills (actual proposal). Good luck ever retiring buffoon.
Changing the benefits to someone who worked their whole career and sucessfully reached retirement is freeloading? Ok I guess you would be ok if Merck decided not to give you the pension you earned when you leave the company just because they wanted to save money. And you would be ok if the government took over your 401K and swapped it for T-Bills (actual proposal). Good luck ever retiring buffoon.
It is noteworthy that the vast majority of these clowns will be working two or three of the 20-30 hour jobs just to put lunch meat on the table. They are undereducated, uninspired and totally useless. They deserve all that is coming. Me, I will be eating at the finest establishments and drinking the finest wines while not giving them a single thought!Hey, this and worse has happened to companies that were taken over and sold off to other companies. However, I don't expect to see my pension, especially if the company goes belly up. The 401k I moved the minute I left. This entitlement attitude is exactly why there will be nothing in the way of any decent jobs with benefits for our kids. My gosh, it's all about me. Try being underemployed and working at WaWa for 30 hours a week.
Same, the best thing I did was before the Vioxx debacle cash out my Merck stock options and learned to invest on my own. I turned that little pot into enough to send both my kids to the finest Colleges and when the time came, I raised my hand, took my lump sum and now and investing my pension on my own. I have plenty of 20 something year old mooks calling me up asking me to let them invest my money. Good luck to those who think corporations won't lobby Washington to lessen the payouts allowable on your annuities. Tonight, sushi in Whitehouse Station on Whitehouse Station.It is noteworthy that the vast majority of these clowns will be working two or three of the 20-30 hour jobs just to put lunch meat on the table. They are undereducated, uninspired and totally useless. They deserve all that is coming. Me, I will be eating at the finest establishments and drinking the finest wines while not giving them a single thought!
Exactly,
For many of the smart reps Merck has working today, who post all day on their smart phones, they don't need pensions or care if they ever get any help from anyone but their parents's inheritance. Just read their posts, Hell, they are the new Greatest Generation (bunch of Marcos) they are not worried about what is best for them. They are in this for the stock holders even though many don't have much affection for Kenny or own Merck stock. So let's just sit back and read their thoughtful and articulate responses. They have it all figured out and will be there long after the current management team is gone. So please, give us all your useful insights of how it really is and what medications we should be on in your vast professional medical experience. I'm sure you have some advise that you can't wait to post.
Bell Well, sucker
It is noteworthy that the vast majority of these clowns will be working two or three of the 20-30 hour jobs just to put lunch meat on the table. They are undereducated, uninspired and totally useless. They deserve all that is coming. Me, I will be eating at the finest establishments and drinking the finest wines while not giving them a single thought!
Same, the best thing I did was before the Vioxx debacle cash out my Merck stock options and learned to invest on my own. I turned that little pot into enough to send both my kids to the finest Colleges and when the time came, I raised my hand, took my lump sum and now and investing my pension on my own. I have plenty of 20 something year old mooks calling me up asking me to let them invest my money. Good luck to those who think corporations won't lobby Washington to lessen the payouts allowable on your annuities. Tonight, sushi in Whitehouse Station on Whitehouse Station.
Hate sushi but love Pittsburgh Rare filet!Sounds like what we did, albeit we were a little younger. Having a minor in business economics and caring about my grades served my family well. Now I am passing that knowledge to my son, who is also a saver and investor. We study mutual funds and EFTs. It will serve him well when people try to pick his pockets for saving rather than spending.
Enjoy the sushi!
The morons involved in the / you owe me everything crowd / illustrate the level of depravity many have reached.It is nice to hear some people in this world take responsibility for their life and saving habits. Too many want to take from the producers and give to the non producers or take something someone else has worked for. It is totally immoral.
Hate sushi but love Pittsburgh Rare filet!
Keep this in mind, what little you have, we retired Merck elite can buy and sell you miserable effete turds. We know what work is and what it can accomplish. Now go hold hands with dickhead bernie the commie.Sushi ? Millionaire next door ? Who are these people ? Just because you retire from Merck with 2-3 million does not make you a millionaire, Kenny gets 25 million a year, that's a millionaire.
