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[BigUnionGuy]

It's a wonderful place to work.

Opinions vary.

Can you guess what's inside the orange cones ?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Translation:

Go in early and work off the clock, do anything to make the numbers look good, keep your mouth shut (not possible), punch out, go home to miserable apartment.

Please feel free to perform the anatomically impossible task of ing yourself.

 

[govols019]

Opinions vary.

Can you guess what's inside the orange cones ?

Poop?

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Poop?

We have a winner.

 

[Operational needs]

We have a winner.

Soooo, who was the lucky person that got to clean that up? Hazmat responder? Lol.

 

[What'dyabringmetoday???]

Uh......no.

I am not leaving because of the job. I am leaving because I have met all of the requirements for a full pension.

Of course, I could stay and change my user name to @scratch—-he is the one who insists upon over staying his welcome.

I assume you got the latest pension report? Good thing you squirreled away so much over the years. Your "full pension" will likely become "empty".

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Soooo, who was the lucky person that got to clean that up? Hazmat responder? Lol.

Hazmat for sure. What a ty job.

 

[LilHoodsie]

Translation:

Go in early and work off the clock, do anything to make the numbers look good, keep your mouth shut (not possible), punch out, go home to miserable apartment.

God...sounds like you need to find something new...

 

[old levi's]

Please feel free to perform the anatomically impossible task of ing yourself.

Get back to work, and keep thinking that this could have been your last day!

 

[old levi's]

God...sounds like you need to find something new...

Not to worry, he's about to retire, and really become miserable.

 

[pickup]

No----these people are blowing things way out of proportion.

Punch in, do your job, keep your mouth shut, punch out, go home.

Is today your last day?

 

[1989]

Uh......no.

I am not leaving because of the job. I am leaving because I have met all of the requirements for a full pension.

Of course, I could stay and change my user name to @scratch—-he is the one who insists upon over staying his welcome.

“Full pension “. What’s that really mean? To me, maybe 70K+ a year. I see guys retire with 4K a month, and think “that’s not a full pension.”

To me a full pension is the amount you would receive at age 65. Any amount less is only a partial pension.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

“Full pension “. What’s that really mean? To me, maybe 70K+ a year. I see guys retire with 4K a month, and think “that’s not a full pension.”

70k from a pension ?

Look what happened to the UpstateNY fund.

To me a full pension is the amount you would receive at age 65. Any amount less is only a partial pension.

Before normal retirement age, you are taking a 6% reduction per year.

 

[1989]

70k from a pension ?

Look what happened to the UpstateNY fund.



Before normal retirement age, you are taking a 6% reduction per year.

So then you agree? If you retire @ 55 you aren’t getting a “full penion”.

I believe mine will be about 70K if I can hold out til 55.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

So then you agree? If you retire @ 55 you aren’t getting a “full penion”.

I believe mine will be about 70K if I can hold out til 55.

Are you in that Western Region "Peer 80" ?

 

[1989]

Are you in that Western Region "Peer 80" ?

Yes.... even after the NY cuts, they still have a higher accrual rate than the West.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Yes.... even after the NY cuts, they still have a higher accrual rate than the West.

Tell me all about it.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Is today your last day?

Monday.

 

[j13501]

Monday.

First of all - Congratulations on your retirement. You worked hard, worked the hours and deserve all good things moving forward. I have one questions that I've been meaning to ask you for a while.
What happened to the Upstate/West NY pension? 20 years ago, it was the best (or second best) funded pension in the country. When everyone else got $3,000 a month, the Upstate NY pension increased to a monthly payment that was even higher. How did they manage to screw it up? I've read where you've posted that the pension today is in trouble. I know they moved the pension office from Utica to Syracuse. Was that change and the change is pension administration part of the problem?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

First of all - Congratulations on your retirement. You worked hard, worked the hours and deserve all good things moving forward. I have one questions that I've been meaning to ask you for a while.
What happened to the Upstate/West NY pension? 20 years ago, it was the best (or second best) funded pension in the country. When everyone else got $3,000 a month, the Upstate NY pension increased to a monthly payment that was even higher. How did they manage to screw it up? I've read where you've posted that the pension today is in trouble. I know they moved the pension office from Utica to Syracuse. Was that change and the change is pension administration part of the problem?

www.nytfund.org