Reply #10: is that when they let you have access to your pension?

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I'm still only 48. Never thought I say I'm only 48 but yea, it sounds like the same procedure I went through. I guess you could say I was lucky in an ironic sort of way. I was a recent widow and my husband was a GM'er. I have his pension and health benefits and since our son was 10 at the time, I qualified for SS survivor benefits. SS Benefits will end for me in 2009 so I will need to look for employment again as I turn 50. I'll get to keep my GM benefits as long as I dont remarry.

Did you work in Plano? I worked in Auburn Hills with the Hardware Planning group working mostly with project managers getting their equipment in and coordinating installation with the SEs. I think my package was a little better, since I was considered a soft termination as I volunteered. I was paid for two months in addition to approximately 11,000 in severance.