Tom , That is so friggin awesome and I am so happy for you. It`s good to hear something good happening to someone like that these days. Please do yourself a favor and find a pass time that you really enjoy. Bake bread, make cookies, build a flying model airplane, learn pottery or something. I wish you all the best, Dean Thut ----- Original Message ---- > From: "WARFELT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <WARFELT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tue, October 12, 2010 10:54:07 AM > Subject: [klaatumail] Hit a Milestone No KK > > Friends, today I hit a big milestone. > The large multinational insurance and financial conglomerate that I work > for, decided to send the majority of the corporate accounting and finance > positions to a company in India, (that is owned my American express). I > do regulatory and compliance reporting for them. Yesterday I received a > 60 day notice that my job is being sent to India and that I would no > longer be employed after December 9th. I have had to train the person > taking my job. > > However, because I am 52 (or older) I can opt to take a retirement package > which includes, a lump sum payout of half my annual salary, a monthly > pension until I am dead, and unemployment for 18 months. The pension is > pretty generous, sightly better than if I waited until 55 (which I had > planned to do anyway). > > So, at 52 and after 35 years of service, I am going to retire. I saved > a ton in my 401k which has been in a guaranteed fund for the past several > years and has not lost any money. > > Merry Christmas to me. I can't hardly believe it. > > Tom Warfel > > >