> It is common that they then "work the system". Transfer into a high-cost
>> location with salary adjustment, right before retirement. Or a quick
>> promotion. Then the sweet deals kick in, retirement based on highest paid
>> year, and often they get 90%. It's sick.
>
>OK, but it still seems like such a "loophole" would have been fixed after the
>first 2 or 3 guys exploited it -- not doing so is a failure of management.
>
BUT, the folks doing it ARE management! so, they want it in there for when they retire...
Charlie