Message-ID: <17912640.1075840369579.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:13:46 -0800 (PST) From: sally.beck@enron.com To: exec.jones@enron.com, marla.barnard@enron.com Subject: FW: Terminated Employees' Benefits Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Beck, Sally X-To: Jones, Robert W.- HR Exec , Barnard, Marla X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \sbeck\Sent Items X-Origin: BECK-S X-FileName: sally beck 1-28-02.pst What are our communications with terminated employees and are there adminis= trative obstacles impacting them as the note below would indicate? If th= ere is a backlog of info regarding employee status, I will be happy to key = punch to get caught up. I am trainable and very willing!!! --Sally=20 -----Original Message----- From: =09Dinari, Sabra L. =20 Sent:=09Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:17 PM To:=09Dietrich, Janet; Oxley, David; Beck, Sally; Hall, Bob M; Olson, Cindy= ; Kitchen, Louise Subject:=09Terminated Employees' Benefits Happy New Year all, I have been with Enron for over 16 years and I have made some very good fri= ends during my time here and right now I am feeling their pain and panic. = I talk to several of my terminated friends (and sister) each week and get u= pdates from them on what is going on outside of Enron. I just want to do w= hatever I can to help them get through these hard times, this is the reason= for my weekly reminders to you all who have the power to do something for = them. I passed on the phone numbers for Towers Perrin and other numbers that they= need to get their money from the Cash Balance Plan or to find out more abo= ut the COBRA benefits, etc. but there is a major stumbling block in their w= ay right now. They keep being told that no one can do anything for them, n= ot even send them the necessary forms to get the ball rolling on these bene= fits, because Enron has not changed their status from active to terminated = (or inactive). How can it possibly take a month to get this status changed= ? Please realize that a lot of these people have nothing: no paycheck com= ing in, no unemployment checks YET, no retirement, no cash balance money, n= o medical benefits....they are feeling scared and panicked....PLEASE lets d= o something to help them. I have no clue what all it takes to get 4,500+ e= mployees status changed but surely it cannot take a month to accomplish thi= s. Whomever is in charge of getting this done, are we sure they have a sen= se of urgency about the situation? People could lose their homes, cars, et= c. while they are waiting on all this red tape....this is very important. Please advise. Sabra Dinari