SueBee1062
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? California.
After jumping through hoops cashing out my 401K balance owed to me since I was terminated from my job last June 2004 (I received my 401k check today), I opened the envelope with my check in it, and lo and behold, the 3rd party provider company who was handling all the 401k business between my ex employer and the employees, kept $150 for themselves as a service charge. I was expecting $457...the amount I put in. After taxes, and some other charges, and the $150 service charge for them, my check amounted to $215!
Shouldn't this 3rd party provider have told me during the nightmare of the past 7 months I was wheeling and dealing with them in just finding out WHEN I would get my check, shouldn't they have told me they were going to squeeze $150 out of MY CONTRIBUTIONS to pay for their services rendered. I didn't hire them! Shouldn't my ex employer be paying it?
This just sounds wrong. Have you ever heard of this happening?
After jumping through hoops cashing out my 401K balance owed to me since I was terminated from my job last June 2004 (I received my 401k check today), I opened the envelope with my check in it, and lo and behold, the 3rd party provider company who was handling all the 401k business between my ex employer and the employees, kept $150 for themselves as a service charge. I was expecting $457...the amount I put in. After taxes, and some other charges, and the $150 service charge for them, my check amounted to $215!
Shouldn't this 3rd party provider have told me during the nightmare of the past 7 months I was wheeling and dealing with them in just finding out WHEN I would get my check, shouldn't they have told me they were going to squeeze $150 out of MY CONTRIBUTIONS to pay for their services rendered. I didn't hire them! Shouldn't my ex employer be paying it?
This just sounds wrong. Have you ever heard of this happening?