Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Power to the People

There is a God, and she is good (unless she is really just a big jokester, and the email I received from the benefits-powers-that-be at Viacom just an hour ago is part of some horrible prank):

As a result of the input you’ve given to us directly through the sessions and your managers, we want to announce the following changes:

· We are expanding our freelance and temporary medical and dental benefits options to include the United Healthcare plan under which many of you are currently covered. This means anyone who is eligible for benefits in 2008 can opt for medical and dental coverage with United Healthcare at the current rate of contribution, or you can elect instead to enroll in the newly offered Aetna plan.

Thank you, Viacom. I feel like I just won the freaking lottery, and I want to give credit where credit is due, though I'm not sure in whose lap to put the credit. I don't even care why they changed their minds really...All I know is that I would have been willing to bet body parts that that note would never have hit my mailbox, not in a million year.

That sound you hear? That's me, breathing, for the first time in five days.

10 comments:

Ambre said...
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PnP said...
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PnP said...

Yay for breathing, yay for insurance and yay for N's surgery!

:-) D

Tamar said...

Funny that they don't mention the big-assed rally outside their headquarters, isn't it? It's just a coincidence that they reconsidered right after that.

Anyway, YAY!!!!

TC said...

Just so y'all know, the other comments weren't anything bad or spammy, they just both used N's actual name, and there isn't a way for me to edit your comments, just delete, so...

Ambre said...

Oops, I forgot! Soooo sorry (embarassed look, hopes TC will blame it on the painkillers).

Leila said...

YAY!!!!! That is such good news!

po said...

Power to the People, RIGHT ON!!! :)

And yeah, I'm sure the walkout at HQ had nothing to do with them "reconsidering" :D... But whatever, I'm so happy for you!!

Green said...

Oh my god. I'm so happy for you. To be honest, and for me - I just found out today that I can switch my Cobra to the HMO rather than the PPO I've been paying for.

To health insurance! **clink!**

Susan said...

Woohoo! What great news!