Was laid off last Monday and cannot figure out how to obtain access to my pension and information like my previous paystub info. I think I can access my 401K by working directly through Fidelity. When you call HR Direct/One Stop you have to make an appointment and the earliest I can speak with someone is June 4th! My appointment with my financial advisor is on June 3rd.
Any help is much appreciated
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Note that Fidelity is just the administrator and that you do not have access to any Fidelity funds. If you are younger and get canned or leave it would probably be a better idea to set up an IRA with Schwab or another discount broker and roll it over. If you are 55 or older it would probably be better to leave it where it is (special 401k withdrawal rules https://smartasset.com/retirement/401k-55-rule), at least until you get another job. Then you would probably want to roll over into the new company's 401k unless it's c-ap.
Thanks all for timely, helpful information.
There will be life beyond HW.
OP: There's another post this morning that has the web links to the Fidelity site for your 401k info and the Honeywell Pension site for use after you leave Honeywell. You have to sign up/register as a new user with new Login/Password for both. BTW, you have the option to leave your 401k as is with Fidelity if you choose to do so.
The online site is not transparent and lack historic daily fund prices. It does not show daily investment fund prices for your actual trade dates and does not match up with the actual paper statements. Recommend you compare the actual paper statements and try to determine the actual trade dates and fund prices. In my opinion the key point is there is no historic fund prices for each day to cross checked for mistakes or abuse. I found multiple mistakes when going through and comparing several years of statements. The lack of transparency makes it nearly impossible to variety. Recommend you check all your past statements and transactions to make sure they are correct and you have the info to variety actual trade dates and fund prices for that specific date.
Only way to get your previous pay slips is to call Honeywell Benefits Center at 877-258-3699. You will need to tell them which pay slips you want to see and they will e-mail them to you. I just did this yesterday.
Recommend you check and request a paper copy of your 401-k statements and be sure to always get a paper monthly statement and whenever you make a transaction, and not just go to the online site electronic 401-k site, because the info changes every day and not up-to-date. In my experience the 401-k information is not transparent as to actual daily investment prices or the actual investment price on the specific dates you make changes. The 401-k lack of transparency a d not formatted to provide transparency and allows for potential of abuse and should be a concern of everyone with a 401-k. Also my actual paper statements after reviewing several years of statements had multiple mistakes as it related to investment selection and actual investment trade date prices and referenced dates several days old from the actual transaction date. Recommend you get a paper copy and look at the online site and voice your concern about the lack of transparency and accuracy. This needs to be addressed ASAP. It appears to have been going on for years.