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Highlights—March 29, 2008
- Yahoo! IBM Pension and Retirement Issues message board: "Proxy
Statement Received" by "ffandrick". Full excerpt: The annual proxy statement and financial information
arrived and looking through the materials it appears the company is doing great. Record profits everywhere. Too
bad the retirees are not getting any slice of the pie; our medical costs are going up at a higher percentage than
Sam's raises (now that is high). The federal government is running record deficits and still giving COLA's to people
on social security. IBM is making record profits and and has not given a COLA in 18 years.
It is futile, but I took pleasure in voting against the entire BOD and for all the Stockholder resolutions. I wish the stockholder meeting was not over a thousand miles away, I would like to attend. I send e-mail periodically to Sam, but he never answers, I guess he is too busy counting his money.
- Barron's: World's Best CEOs. From the keeper of American Express to the creator of Wii, these 30 leaders know how to ride all the waves. Our annual roster. By Andrew Bary. Excerpt: The nine new CEOs include the RIM duo, John Chambers of Cisco Systems, Richard Clark of Merck, Hugh Grant of Monsanto, Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard, Robert Lane of Deere, Sam Palmisano of IBM, Fujio Mitarai of Canon and Jack Ma of Alibaba, one of China's most successful Internet companies.
- New York Times: Volunteering
Abroad to Climb at I.B.M. By Claudia H. Deutsch. Excerpts: In July, a team of 8 to 10 I.B.M. employees will
travel to Ghana to help tiny businesses make their operations more professional. Another team will help entrepreneurs
seek microloans in Turkey, while yet another will create training programs on information technology in Vietnam.
The projects, which were devised by I.B.M.’s citizenship group and are being coordinated through nonprofit organizations, have all the trappings of corporate philanthropy. But that is not why they were created, or how they are being used. “This is a management development exercise for high-potential people at I.B.M.,” said Randy MacDonald, senior vice president for human resources. ...
Clearly, the Service Corps concept sits well with the I.B.M. employees. More than 5,500 of them, from more than 50 countries, applied for the program. I.B.M. narrowed the pool to those who had been designated as fast-trackers, who had familiarity with volunteerism and who submitted the best short essays on how participation would help them develop as leaders. The applications of those that passed that first cut were sent to the heads of I.B.M.’s eight geographic regions, who chose which of their employees to send. ...
“It feels good to help in a developing country, even as you enhance your career,” said Julie T. Lockwood, 31, a supply chain manager at I.B.M. in Boulder, Colo., who will be on the Ghana team. “This will help my internal résumé more than an assignment in a developed country.”
- Computerworld: H-1B
backers seek White House help for foreign students. Frustrated by lack of H-1B cap increase, supporters call
for student-visa work extension. Excerpts: Stymied so far in their efforts to get Congress to allow more skilled
foreign workers into the U.S., H-1B visa supporters are asking the Bush administration to extend the time that
foreign graduates of U.S. universities can work on student visas from one year to 29 months. The proposed extension
is a stop-gap plan that wouldn't increase the federal government's cap on the number of H-1B visas that can be
issued each year. But it would buy extra time for foreign students who graduate from college in the U.S. this year.
A foreign student needs a degree to qualify for an H-1B visa, but seniors who are graduating this spring won't have their degrees before next Tuesday — the day that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting H-1B petitions for the government's 2009 fiscal year.
- Associated Press, courtesy of the New York TImes: High Court Declines AARP Appeal. Excerpt: The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a federal policy that allows employers to reduce their health insurance expenses for retired workers once they turn 65 and qualify for Medicare. The justices turned down an appeal by the 39-million-member AARP to undo a rule that essentially allows employers to treat retirees differently depending on their age.
- New York Times: What
Created This Monster? By By Nelson D. Schwartz and Julie Creswell. Excerpts: Even though Mr. Gross, 63, is
a market veteran who has lived through the collapse of other banks and brokerage firms, the 1987 stock market crash,
and the near meltdown of the Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund a decade ago, he says the current crisis feels
different — in both size and significance.
Not only is the Federal Reserve's action unprecedented since the Great Depression — by lending money directly to major investment banks — but taxpayers are also now on the hook for billions of dollars in questionable trades these same bankers made when the good times were rolling.
“Bear Stearns has made it obvious that things have gone too far,” says Mr. Gross, who plans to use some of his cash to bargain-shop. “The investment community has morphed into something beyond banks and something beyond regulation. We call it the shadow banking system.”
- New York Times: Taming the
Beast. By Paul Krugman. Excerpts: We’re now in the midst of an epic financial crisis,
which ought to be at the center of the election debate. But it isn’t. Now, I don’t expect presidential campaigns
to have all the answers to our current crisis — even financial experts are scrambling to keep up with events.
But I do think we’re entitled to more answers, and in particular a clearer commitment to financial reform, than
we’re getting so far. ...
America came out of the Great Depression with a pretty effective financial safety net, based on a fundamental quid pro quo: the government stood ready to rescue banks if they got in trouble, but only on the condition that those banks accept regulation of the risks they were allowed to take.
Over time, however, many of the roles traditionally filled by regulated banks were taken over by unregulated institutions — the “shadow banking system,” which relied on complex financial arrangements to bypass those safety regulations.
Now, the shadow banking system is facing the 21st-century equivalent of the wave of bank runs that swept America in the early 1930s. And the government is rushing in to help, with hundreds of billions from the Federal Reserve, and hundreds of billions more from government-sponsored institutions like Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks.
Given the risks to the economy if the financial system melts down, this rescue mission is justified. But you don’t have to be an economic radical, or even a vocal reformer like Representative Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, to see that what’s happening now is the quid without the quo.
Last week Robert Rubin, the former Treasury secretary, declared that Mr. Frank is right about the need for expanded regulation. Mr. Rubin put it clearly: If Wall Street companies can count on being rescued like banks, then they need to be regulated like banks. ...
Last year, there was no question at all about the way Wall Street’s financial contributions to the new Democratic majority in Congress helped preserve, at least for now, the tax loophole that lets hedge fund managers pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries. Now, the securities and investment industry is pouring money into both Mr. Obama’s and Mrs. Clinton’s coffers. And these donors surely believe that they’re buying something in return. Let’s hope they’re wrong.
- New York Times: Stop
Those Checks. By Bruce Bartlett. Excerpts: With unusual speed and cooperation last month, George W. Bush and
Democrats in Congress agreed to a tax rebate set to be paid out beginning in May. Families will get checks for
$300 to $1200 or more, and it is assumed that they will all rush out to spend this money immediately, giving retailers
a boost that will raise economic growth.
Despite the bipartisan support for the rebate, few economists have supported the idea. They note that we have tried rebates in the past — most recently in 2001 — and there is no evidence that they have meaningfully stimulated either consumption or growth. By and large, people saved the money they received or paid bills (which is the same thing); very few used their rebates to increase spending.
The true reason why the current rebate has been so popular in Washington is that giving away free money in an election year is good for politicians of both parties. Superficially, it looks as if Washington is responding to a real problem with decisive action. After all, if there is a recession the Democrats who control Congress will be held just as accountable as the Republicans who control the executive branch
News and Opinion Concerning Health Savings Accounts, Medical Costs and Health Care Reform
- Washington Post: Rising
Health Costs Cut Into Wages. Higher Fees Squeeze Employers, Workers. By Michael A. Fletcher. Excerpts: Recent
history has not been kind to working-class Americans, who were down on the economy long before the word recession
was uttered. The main reason: spiraling health-care costs have been whacking away at their wages. Even though workers
are producing more, inflation-adjusted median family income has dipped 2.6 percent -- or nearly $1,000 annually
since 2000.
Employees and employers are getting squeezed by the price of health care. The struggle to control health costs is viewed as crucial to improving wages and living standards for working Americans. Employers are paying more for health care and other benefits, leaving less money for pay increases. Benefits now devour 30.2 percent of employers' compensation costs, with the remaining money going to wages, the Labor Department reported this month. That is up from 27.4 percent in 2000. ...
Since 2001, premiums for family health coverage have increased 78 percent, according to a 2007 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Premiums averaged $12,106, of which workers paid $3,281, according to the report. ...
Researchers Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Victor R. Fuchs say that employer-sponsored health-care plans create the "myth" that workers are getting their health benefits for little or nothing. But, in fact, "workers and households pay for health insurance through lower wages and higher prices," they wrote in the March 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
- New York Times: Finding
Health Insurance if You Are Self-Employed. BY Marci Albhoher. Excerpts: If there is one thing that separates
the self-employed from those employed by others, it is their preoccupation with health insurance. I was reminded
of this on Feb. 14, when I wrote a post on the Shifting Careers blog asking small-business owners and would-be
entrepreneurs what they were doing about health insurance. Within hours, scores of people posted comments about
their own experiences and, if they had managed to find good resources, shared those. I have been reading e-mail
messages and trying to make sense of the subject ever since. In short, it is not pretty out there. ...
A 43-year-old woman wrote about going without insurance in the first year of her business. “I lived in terror of needing a doctor visit or worse yet, lab tests or something more,” she said. She then moved to an H.M.O. for sole proprietors through a local chamber of commerce. The cost of that plan, which she said was $171 a month in 2001, has now risen to $500 a month. At the same time, she wrote, co-payments have increased and services have been cut. ...
The unluckiest are those with chronic illnesses or the dreaded pre-existing condition that results in a denial of coverage. Many of these people abandon dreams of entrepreneurship altogether because they need jobs that come with a health plan and they cannot find a way to self-insure. ...
A woman in business with her 57-year-old husband wrote to say that her husband is presently uninsured because, as a diabetic with high blood pressure, she cannot find an insurance company in Florida that will cover him. The stories go on. There were reports from Americans happily insured while living in Europe and Canada. And, of course, there were numerous pleas to Washington.
- USA Today, courtesy of The Daily Record: Paying
for health care after early retirement. By Sandra Block. Excerpts: Denny Brown, a computer analyst in West
Chester, Ohio, will turn 62 in August and hopes to retire by the end of the year. Financially, he's in good
shape: He has a pension from a previous employer, profit-sharing through his current job and substantial savings.
An amateur photographer, avid traveler and Civil War buff, he's eager to start the next chapter in his life. "I
have a lot of interests," he says, "and I'm tired of working."
There's just one obstacle on the road to Brown's retirement adventure: health insurance. Brown, along with 2.8 million of the oldest boomers, will be eligible for Social Security benefits this year, but he won't be eligible for Medicare until he turns 65.
Finding a way to bridge that gap -- eligible for Social Security but not for Medicare -- will be the hardest and costliest challenge for many of the boomers who want to retire early or are forced out of their jobs. For Brown and his wife, Judy, who's already retired, figuring out how to pay for medical coverage "is absolutely our biggest concern." ...
In the past, retirees could often count on their employers to provide health insurance until Medicare kicked in, or sometimes even after they were eligible for Medicare. But in 2007, only a third of large employers offered retiree health insurance, down from 66 percent in 1988, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Education Trust. Only 5 percent of employers with fewer than 200 employees offered retiree health insurance last year. ...
Guy Colson, 61, of Hudson, Fla., confronted the health care coverage gap after he took a buyout package from IBM 2½ years ago. Colson, a retired chief petty officer for the Navy Reserves, says his "saving grace" was the Defense Department's Tricare plan, available for active-duty and retired service members. The plan, which provides coverage for Colson and his wife, costs $460 a year. That compares with more than $940 a month if he'd bought IBM's retiree health insurance. Retiring before age 65, he says, "can be a great challenge if you don't have a medical option."
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- From the Job Cuts Status & Comments
page
- Comment 3/21/08: OK - so the bastards are not only getting rid of people, but they are blocking any possibility of finding another job in IBM. 3 jobs I posted for were suddenly withdrawn. Another person was offered a position but then that fell thru and not allowed to tell that person why. There is a special hole in hell where IBM Management will find their sorry asses. Good riddance - glad to be out of here! -WTF-
- Comment 3/24/08: To WTF - They have been doing this for years. If you are RA'd you can pretty much forget it. 30 days to find another position? Extremely few people ever find that job in 30 days. I applied for 6 jobs when I was RA'd, well qualified for all, only got one rejection. The others didn't even bother to respond and my manager would not call anybody or even try to help me in any way. It's useless. You are marked and they want you gone. -gone_2-
- General Visitor's Comment
page:
- Comment 3/22/08: Here's one for you. My manager in Poughkeepsie MFG, has decided to let me have my 25 year anniversary without the IBM formality. He gave me a $500 gift certificate to a restaurant of my choice without all the fan fare of a dinner with him and my peers. Make sure you get the same choice. This works out great for me. I can go to dinner several times without my manager there. I see him enough each day. I really don't want to do dinner with him. -Happy Manufacturing Guy-
- Comment 3/25/08: Happy Guy... Since it cost IBM 750.00 (or did when I had mine) for the party, it sounds like IBM got off cheap... in addition they didn't have to paid time for no work of co-workers... pay the high cost of food.. or even (gag) have to show that someone made it for 25 years. The 500.00 for the 25th it looks like another cost and visibility reduction. Glad you enjoyed the time by yourself, but the point of the 25th with friends is just that. With friends and being recognized for your service…. -Just Me-
- Comment 3/26/08: SDM jobs are going to India within months.-Saw IT Coming-
- Comment 3/26/08: Just received... from SCOZA In support of our financial and operational objectives meet or exceed our full year organization utilization goal of 103.5 % for IGA accounts. This must be entered into each individual;s pbc goals for the year. They are so brazen, not even bothering to hide it !!! -Tired-
- Comment 3/26/08: This company is so cheap, they won't replace power sucking CRTs with newer LCDs. I've been asking for an LCD monitor for some time now, but "no money in the budget". These things pay for themselves in under a year, so what's that tell you about the state of the company? I've seen employees bring in LCD monitors they purchased themselves to save their eyes. -Tightwads-
- Pension Comments page
- Raise and Salary Comments
- Comment 3/25/08: Only 1500 petition signatures protesting the pay cut. 7600 were affected. Where are
most of you folks? Why don't you sign the petition like the rest of us? The longer you do NOTHING but continue
to be happy to work the OT the sooner IBM will limit or put the brakes on OT. Then it will be too late:
you will have a 15% base pay cut with no OT. And IBM might just want to make it a 30% pay cut since you
don't want to speak up and make your voice heard of SAY NO TO PAY CUTS! -one of 7600-
Alliance reply: Your message here is on spot. We advocate signing the petition AND joining Alliance@IBM. As a member, your voice becomes louder and stronger when it is among the collective Alliance@IBM voice. Keep telling all your co-workers about the petition and about Alliance@IBM. Get them to join. Work toward building the Alliance membership so that we CAN have a voice at the bargaining table. You can't have a Union with out "yoU".
- Comment 3/25/08: Only 1500 petition signatures protesting the pay cut. 7600 were affected. Where are
most of you folks? Why don't you sign the petition like the rest of us? The longer you do NOTHING but continue
to be happy to work the OT the sooner IBM will limit or put the brakes on OT. Then it will be too late:
you will have a 15% base pay cut with no OT. And IBM might just want to make it a 30% pay cut since you
don't want to speak up and make your voice heard of SAY NO TO PAY CUTS! -one of 7600-
- PBC Comments
- International Comments
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