Let My 403b Go!

So I left my previous job at the end of February. In April, like a good boy, I asked for the papers to get my 403b account rolled over into the IRA that I manage for myself. I picked out the investments (some TIPS, some Blackrock Global Allocation), signed and filled out and saw the notary. Then I mailed it all to my former employer for verification of my having left their employ.

And I have heard nothing. For a month. I know they got the papers, because I sent them return receipt. They are either lost, or sitting on someone's desk, or someone is being an ass about it. I just want my money. So I called today, and did not hear back. I'll give them tomorrow and Wednesday, and then the next letter goes to the CEO.

Let this be a lesson to you all: it is all well and good to save for retirement, and to intend to keep one's assets properly stewarded after one leaves. But it is another thing altogether to claw one's money loose from the grips of incompetent bureaucracy!

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[Jon]

This is why I put all my hard-earned money into powerbars, bottled water, and small arms ammunition.