A future-of-work expert said Gen Zers didn’t have the “promise of stability” at work, so they’re putting their personal lives and well-being first.

  • @pdxfed@lemmy.world
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    35 months ago

    The point was is the plan administrator has no control over whether the value of his account goes up and down, which Op said they did. I agree with everything else Op said but think it’s important since most people don’t understand the mechanics to learn about them so added the correct info.

    • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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      15 months ago

      When the plan administrator is picking the stocks in their “Target Retirement 2055” account, I’d say they have a large amount of control.

      Now the S&P 500? Probably no control. But is it truly the S&P 500 or some bull shirt index fund from the 401k provider that’s not 100% following the S&P 500?

      • @pdxfed@lemmy.world
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        25 months ago

        The portion of the comment I replied to, which I highlighted at the top of my response was that Op had said that “if the company managing your 4401k makes a bad investment”, concerned that (among Ops other accurate concerns) your 401k funds could be used elsewhere without your knowledge or permission by the plan administrator, which they can’t. So I corrected it.

        Lazy people immediately REEE when someone doesn’t immediately jump on the tribal circle jerk and agree even when parts of a statement are incorrect. Ops point was overall correct and a good one and correcting something that was wrong doesn’t mean I disagree with the rest of it. Lookup false dichotomy.

        • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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          15 months ago

          If you’re investment is in the hands of a company that’s manually picking and choosing you’re in bad hands.

          Better?