Have you ever gotten a 'COBRA' form from your employer?

[TechHead87]

I'm worried because my current employer has given us these 'warning papers'. Most of my co-workers are also worried. Are these just "FYI" papers, or is management trying to tell us something?

What is your experience with this?

 

[kalster]

I have only gotten COBRA paper work when I was changing jobs,

 

[Lorax]

cobra-la-la-la-la!

i've only seen one after i got laid off... good luck to you.

 

[torpid]

I've not heard of a company giving you hints that you are fired in advance. Usually it's the opposite - they wait until 3pm on a Friday so that you can't do irreparable harm to anyone/thing on your way out the door.

 

[Gibson486]

There are no signs. Sometimes you can see it, sometimes you can't.

When I got laid off, they gave me 3 weeks notice.

 

[Nitemare]

usually get those after you get laid off, but yeah that's not a good sign

 

[Capt Caveman]

Cobra forms are usually given out after you've been let go.

 

[RKS]

I worked for 6 years at my last job. On 1/2/06 I walked in and I was laid-off without even a minute notice. I was never offered COBRA coverage.

 

[markgm]

If I ever got a deadly snake from an employer I'd take it as a hint that they'd like me gone.

 

[KeithTalent]

I was thnking GI Joe, but what exactly is a COBRA form?

KT

 

[amddude]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...nciliation_Act_of_1985

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Cobra forms are usually given out after you've been let go.

Yep. Why would you need COBRA when you still have a job?

 

[OdiN]

What the fuck is a COBRA form?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I was thnking GI Joe, but what exactly is a COBRA form?

KT

:laugh:

 

[pyonir]

I've never gotten a COBRA from an employer, but i have gotten a PYTHON.

 

[KB]

Did your company change insurance companies or drop its insurance recently? If not then you have been dropped from their insurance, meaning you're fired!

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: OdiN
What the fuck is a COBRA form?

allows you to continue to stay on your company's medical plan but you pay the cost, there is not subsidizing of the cost. if you're signal and in good health, definitely get coverage on your own. it will save you A LOT of money.

 

[Danman]

My previous company gave out a form that stated the laws and regulations of using COBRA in the event that was laid off/fired/resigned. I think there's probably some policy that states employers need to remind their employees every so often. Who knows. All I know is that I wasn't fired/terminated/laid off after I was given it. Although, I did quit that shithole a few months later. :laugh:

 

[BoomerD]

When my insurance ran out after being off work for nine months, I got the COBRA form from the union.

Our full-coverage Health & Welfare coverage, (Medical, Dental, and Optical) required 110 hours per month, which was paid in at about $5/hour...or $550/month...COBRA coverage was $1300/month!

 

[LegendKiller]

Call The Cobra!

 

[SpunkyJones]

Getting a Cobra form is a bad sign, time to update the resume.

 

[pontifex]

my company was bought by another one so we had to switch to their plan. we all got COBRA forms because of this.

 

[techs]

It may be that they are thinking of changing your health insurance plan, or dropping it.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Call The Cobra!

You're the disease. He's the cure...

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: RKS
I worked for 6 years at my last job. On 1/2/06 I walked in and I was laid-off without even a minute notice. I was never offered COBRA coverage.

Who was your employer? I thought COBRA coverage was mandated by law for companies with more than 20 employees that offered health plans. Of course, you wouldn't be offered COBRA if you hadn't been enrolled in the health plan to begin with or something.