re : benefits for terminated employees we ' ve sorted this . they ' ll get packages in next couple of days . distributions from savings plan may take a while . david - - - - - original message - - - - - from : kitchen , louise sent : thursday , december 06 , 2001 8 : 32 pm to : oxley , david subject : fw : benefits for terminated employees importance : high seems like a logical request . tell me 90 days is not serious ? ? - - - - - original message - - - - - from : dinari , sabra l . sent : thursday , december 06 , 2001 2 : 48 pm to : hall , bob m ; kitchen , louise ; lavorato , john ; black , don ; dietrich , janet subject : benefits for terminated employees importance : high hi all , i just got off the phone with the benefits center and they are informing people that it could take up to 90 days for them to send " termination packages " out to these employees and then you can send in your forms and it will take another 30 days to get a check , specifically talking about the cash balance plan money . this all happens after they get a notice that you are terminated which they usually process on the lst . . . . come on , what is up with this ? ? ? it could very well take up to 5 months for people to get a check in their hands ? that is not right . since all of you have a lot more clout than me or any of the terminated employees , i ' m hoping that someone will take this up with human resources or whomever to get this form downloadable or something to speed up this process . thanks . sabra dinari