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out more about benefits available
to you by visiting the Benefits Hi, I’m ALEX!
Eligibility page. You can also find I’d be happy to
nice overview information on the chat with you.
Explore Your Options page. I’ll ask you a
lot of questions
Another option is to use our handy-
dandy online benefits counselor, and then point
affectionately called ALEX, to help you in the right
you navigate through the different direction to
benefits options. ALEX is helpful— help you find
and, frankly, quite friendly, too! which benefit
plans may
No matter how entertaining ALEX work best for
may be, if you would rather meet
face-to-face with a real person, you your needs.
can always go online to schedule an
appointment to meet with a UF benefits not). UF is happy to offer Financial Literacy and
counselor. Retirement Education (FLARE), a program that
provides free resources to help you better plan
aProTiP: New UF employees need to dive your finances and retirement.
into benefits selections as soon as possible.
There are strict deadlines you must meet as a UF: Where Membership
new employee for benefit enrollment, and we Has Its Privileges!
don’t want you to be left out in the cold!
Retirement The UF GatorPerks Discount Program provides
exclusive discounts for UF faculty and staff. By
using this program, you have the opportunity to
Are you preparing for and planning well for your
retirement? save at various businesses and retailers. Most
vendors want to see your UF Gator 1 card, but
Depending on your job classification, you others may want you to print out a coupon or
may be eligible to participate in one of the enter a discount code on their website. Most
state retirement plans as well as voluntary discounts are applied at the time of purchase.
retirement plans. Find out more about your
options by visiting the Retirement section of the aProTip: Whenever you are in the
Benefits website, or chat with ALEX for current Gainesville area and at a restaurant or shop,
information about your options. ask if they offer UF employee discounts.
There may be stores that do but that do not
Just as with your insurance benefits, there may necessarily advertise this. It doesn’t hurt to ask
be specific time limitations in which to make and it may get you a discount!
your selection for the type of retirement benefit
you want. So stay on top of this to make sure Professional Development
you get the plan you want. at UF
Listen, we know that not everyone is an expert UF is an institution of higher learning. You
in financial planning (actually, most of us are would expect us to have a stellar group
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