It's never too early to start preparing for retirement!

Financial Briefs from your 401(k) team @ CAMI

As a value added service to your 401(k) plan, we are pleased to provide you with these financial articles. If you would like more information, please feel free to contact us.

>>> Creating A Financial Independence Plan Everyone needs a financial blueprint for life after work. Operating without one is a little like closing your eyes as you barrel down the freeway. It’s essential to know where you’re going and how you expect to get there. But a financial independence plan will help you achieve your goals only if you incorporate it into your financial life, and that won’t happen unless the plan feels comfortable. And that comes from understanding its component parts and how they’re connected. Consider these elements: click for more . . .

>>> Planning Ahead Doesn't End In Retirement After working for many decades, buying a home, raising a family, sending children to college, and paying for a wedding or two, retirement probably seems like a just reward. Yet now is no time to sit on your nest egg. Even if you’ve been retired for several years, you need to keep planning for the future, which could extend beyond your 80s. In 2010, the average life expectancy for a U.S. citizen was 77.8 years. And if you’ve made it to age 70, the average rises to 87. Since many retirees can now reasonably expect to live into their eighties or nineties, retirement planning never really ends. click for more . . .

>>> Social Security Payout Choices Can Be Confusing Social Security may make up only a small part of your expected retirement income, but it can be a crucial part, perhaps covering a significant portion of your basic expenses. Figuring out what you’ll actually receive, however, can be complicated, and you’ll have to choose from among many variables that could make a big difference in the amount of monthly income for you and your spouse. Understanding Social Security’s complex rules needs to be an essential part of your retirement planning. click for more . . .

Rockstar Alert: Derek Stone at Pendleton Store!

Weekly Customer Service Sensation: Tameka McDowell and Brittani Bowman!

Weekly Customer Service Sensation

Calling All Superstars!  If you have someone you'd like to be the weekly "Customer Service Sensation," send me a facebook message, email me at gvanalstine@rickers.net, send me a note through the courier, or contact me via telepathic powers (just kidding on the last one...or am I?!?). 

ANYONE (CSR, Customer, Manager, Corporate) can nominate ANYONE (CSR, Manager, Corporate) to be a Customer Service Sensation!  The key to this program is your participation!  The Customer Service Sensation will be featured on the e-bulletin board on this here blog AND facebook Ricker's Superstars, and mentioned in the monthly newsletters.

LET'S MAKE THIS A SUCCESS! 

Congrats to Diana Fields, who is next?!

News, Announcements, and Excitement-- Oh my! Click here for the newest newsletter!

Come Join us at Ricker's Town Hall Meetings!

Exciting News- the Executive Team of Ricker's will be visiting each one of the markets, Fort Wayne, Anderson, and Indianapolis, to answer your toughest questions and provide feedback on anything you'd like to discuss!  View dates and times here:  http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a80271616bb3e9fb95dd78e08&id=d73ca48652

You can submit questions/topics for discussion at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TownHallQ

Thank you and hope to see you there!

Ricker Oil Company, Inc., Mentoring Program

Exciting News!  Ricker Oil Company, Inc., is pleased to announce its new Mentoring Program! 

Why offer a Mentoring Program, you ask? 

The Mentorship Program offers individual employees an opportunity to develop a relationship with a leadership practitioner.  The individuals who serve as mentors share their experiences, perspectives and wisdom regarding leadership and diversity.


For more information, please visit:  Ricker's Mentoring Program Guidelines

Alternate Link: Mentoring Program Guidelines

Note: The program is open to any mid-level management employee.  Mentors are management members with leadership experience.