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#41
General Discussion / Re: Adjustments to Pensions in...
Last post by Peter_Bates - February 02, 2018, 02:49:35 PMBearing in mind the Pensions Ombudsman's comments regarding Mr Y......"'But I find that these letters were all written on behalf of the Scheme and not by the employer. The letters may have been on company headed paper but the sender is either the Pensions Manager or a member of the Pensions team.'......I suggest queries should NOT be addressed to the PENSIONS TEAM but directly to the employer, Halcrow Group Limited.
#42
General Discussion / Re: Adjustments to Pensions in...
Last post by philjohnson - February 01, 2018, 04:28:31 PMAs there are only 4 options, I have chosen to differentiate the problem that I had with the Pensions team being unable to calculate my correct HPS2 pension for over 10 months (and paying me an interim pension until the correct figure was assessed and then payable together with a back interest payment) from those members that have been notified that they have been overpaid (has anyone been underpaid?), some for many past years. As a result, I have answered no change in the poll as the two issues above I have taken to be separate. Both may be all part of the same administrative problems - despite seeking a proper explanation from the Pensions team, we don't know what has gone wrong.
#43
General Discussion / Re: Redemption of CH2M shares
Last post by philjohnson - February 01, 2018, 04:00:07 PMAnother set of complaints against Computershare (and Jacobs) on cashing in my remaining CH2M shares - all becoming just too much trouble and paperwork to keep them and Jacobs seems to be no better than CH2M. Far too USA centric
* there is no international Freephone number (a USA one offered) to call the only office that can deal with queries which is located in USA. All at significant cost. Computershare is a large international business so this must be easily arranged. It must be Jacobs instructions to keep costs down
* The original date of issue of the check! (cheque) was 15 December 2017 but by 19 January last the cheque hadn't arrived so I phoned to query progress and decided it must be lost after 5 weeks so it was cancelled and another sent by courier. Both cheques arrived the same day about a week later. 6 weeks for original. One small benefit of delay - Dollar exchange has improved - and my bank gave me a competitive rate. Most companies these days provide a variety of ways to receive share sale proceeds and these should have been offered to us right from start. it seems if you complain and ask they would offer a courier delivery or a wire transfer. All again I suspect at Jacobs behest to keep costs down. So much for being an international business.
* there is no international Freephone number (a USA one offered) to call the only office that can deal with queries which is located in USA. All at significant cost. Computershare is a large international business so this must be easily arranged. It must be Jacobs instructions to keep costs down
* The original date of issue of the check! (cheque) was 15 December 2017 but by 19 January last the cheque hadn't arrived so I phoned to query progress and decided it must be lost after 5 weeks so it was cancelled and another sent by courier. Both cheques arrived the same day about a week later. 6 weeks for original. One small benefit of delay - Dollar exchange has improved - and my bank gave me a competitive rate. Most companies these days provide a variety of ways to receive share sale proceeds and these should have been offered to us right from start. it seems if you complain and ask they would offer a courier delivery or a wire transfer. All again I suspect at Jacobs behest to keep costs down. So much for being an international business.
#44
General Discussion / Re: Where is my pension?
Last post by murphyjl - February 01, 2018, 11:08:07 AMThanks
#45
General Discussion / Re: Where is my pension?
Last post by John Ratsey - February 01, 2018, 09:30:31 AMSee the green text on the HPA website home page http://www.halcrowpensioners.org.uk/ for the Halcrow pensions admin team contact details.
#46
General Discussion / Where is my pension?
Last post by murphyjl - February 01, 2018, 09:23:36 AMHi
I worked for Halcrow group in the 1990s and was a member of the final salary pension. Not had any correspondence from them in a long time. I was wondering who I should contact to get some details. Was really looking for a transfer valuation if that would be possible.
Thanks for any help
I worked for Halcrow group in the 1990s and was a member of the final salary pension. Not had any correspondence from them in a long time. I was wondering who I should contact to get some details. Was really looking for a transfer valuation if that would be possible.
Thanks for any help
#47
General Discussion / Adjustments to Pensions in Pay...
Last post by John Ratsey - January 30, 2018, 09:40:56 PMHPA would like to obtain an overview of how many people have been effected by changes to pensions in payment. Forum members are invited to indicate whether or not they have been affected using the anonymous poll.
#48
General Discussion / Re: Redemption of CH2M shares
Last post by John Ratsey - January 23, 2018, 12:48:31 PMQuote from: sreevesjc on January 20, 2018, 08:51:12 PMAnd did they deduct the 28% witholding tax mentioned above?
The cheque goes in the bin as I had already given up hope and cancelled it earlier in the week in favour of wire transfer, which coincidentally also arrived at my bank the same day... this cost me dearly at an exchange rate 2.7% worse than the mid market rate that day. So this is the welcome we get from our new employer Jacobs; it gives the impression of not caring too much about their staff.
#49
General Discussion / Re: Redemption of CH2M shares
Last post by sreevesjc - January 20, 2018, 08:51:12 PMJacobs Share Scam Day 35: The cheque was received in the post from a UK forwarding address (CMS, Rotherhithe) on Friday 19 January, exactly 5 weeks after issue. Communications with Computershare confirmed that Jacobs had instructed them not to use wire transfer, but 'regular mail', i.e. no tracking, no recorded delivery and presumably surface mail for overseas.
The cheque goes in the bin as I had already given up hope and cancelled it earlier in the week in favour of wire transfer, which coincidentally also arrived at my bank the same day... this cost me dearly at an exchange rate 2.7% worse than the mid market rate that day. So this is the welcome we get from our new employer Jacobs; it gives the impression of not caring too much about their staff.
I'm not alone. So far there have been over 90 other complaints in similar vein posted on Yammer, our internal company blog.
The cheque goes in the bin as I had already given up hope and cancelled it earlier in the week in favour of wire transfer, which coincidentally also arrived at my bank the same day... this cost me dearly at an exchange rate 2.7% worse than the mid market rate that day. So this is the welcome we get from our new employer Jacobs; it gives the impression of not caring too much about their staff.
I'm not alone. So far there have been over 90 other complaints in similar vein posted on Yammer, our internal company blog.
#50
General Discussion / Re: Redemption of CH2M shares
Last post by John Ratsey - January 07, 2018, 07:09:18 PMWas the check sent by snail mail? I would assume that the company handling the share transactions have a financial interest in ensuring that the money sits in their bank account for as long as possible. Computershare probably got the contract because of a lower price and resort to have other methods for making a profit. CH2M should have specified some standards of service when appointing them. Perhaps ask the (ex)CH2M management to sort out the problems created by the company that they appointed.