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jjoonathan | karma 24567 | avg karma 4.71 · 2023-05-02 06:20:36

Once the company provides everything, they are in an excellent position to alter the deal, and they will.

the_gipsy | karma 3776 | avg karma 2.11 · 2023-05-02 06:23:43

And you will pray that they don't alter it further.

oh_sigh | karma 6383 | avg karma 0.89 · 2023-05-02 12:32:00

Sure. Same thing with government managed pensions. Same thing with market managed pensions. There is no certainty in life.

tsgagnon | karma 250 | avg karma 5.0 · 2023-05-02 13:06:02

"Everything has risks, so reducing risks is meaningless" doesn't sound like particularly sound stance to take, especially on an issue like housing.

oh_sigh | karma 6383 | avg karma 0.89 · 2023-05-02 14:35:26

I don't think it is a given that not relying on corporate pensions is reducing risk. I'm curious what percentage of people have been burned by unpaid/underpaid corporate pensions vs thinking they could rely on social security/government programs for retirement.