Hi - I joined AT&T in 1997, and left AT&T in 2011. Somewhere around 2012 or later, I heard that AT&T would no longer allow me to re-join the pension - is this true, and what year did this policy happen?
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@1wti 14 not 4
I’m craft but someone please explain to me how the OP is even eligible for a pension to begin with having four years service
Getting your service bridged gets you all your vacation back and allows full severance instead of it being discounted due to only having a few years service.
Getting your service bridged gets you all your vacation back and allows full severance instead of it being discounted due to only having a few years service.
I left BellSouth in 2006. Got hired by T in 2014 as a 2nd level. My service bridged in 2019. I do have a T pension. It was discontinued for management a few moths after I was hired so I lucked out. Fidelity sent me a letter when my service was bridged last year. I didn’t have to do a thing. Now have 35 years service. Just waiting for a surplus so I can get 6 moths pay and hit the road....again.
why would you ever want to go back to the cesspool.
If you return within less than 6 months of leaving and you didn’t touch your pension account they have to let you participate again. If more than 6 months forget it. They will not let you participate anymore.
So the question is, ... is there any pension incentive to come back to work for AT&T? The OP could be rehired in 2021 and after 5 years could have his service bridged ... but with NO pension given to new hires (which he would be in 2021, until bridging) what does bridging get the OP? NOT retirement healthcare, but would his previous pension be bridged and increased by the 5 years of work? Or is bridging his service completely useless now? Who can answer this question HR or Fidelity?
In craft you need at least 5 years to vested for a pension in the first place, and pensions have been discontinued for new hires several years ago. Unsure about mgmt but I can’t seem to see how you would possibly eligible for a pension to begin with
I am assuming you are not an executive where they still get the real pension unlike us mere mortals.
Assuming you are a grunt like the rest ofus, you really need to call HR and get the definitive answer.
T no longer gives new employees any pension. But if HR will bridge your service, only HR knows?
But why in the world if you escaped would you come back to this $hithole? That will teach ya!