Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 401(k)s

Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by TheCoelacanth on Thursday January 05, 2017 @05:15PM (#13331945)

What kind of developer job doesn't have a 401k? Even the minimum wage job I had my first summer out of high school had one.

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Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by jessaustin on Thursday January 05, 2017 @05:30PM (#13332049)

You had a minimum wage job with a 401k? That was a firm with a bigger HR department than it needed.

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Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by DashRattlesnake on Thursday January 05, 2017 @05:42PM (#13332134)

> You had a minimum wage job with a 401k? That was a firm with a bigger HR department than it needed.

Aren't there giant companies that employ low wage workers (e.g. McDonalds and Starbucks) that might reasonably offer 401ks to all employees, even the minimum wage ones?

Ignoring the question if a minimum wage person can realistically afford to save, or course.

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Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by anigbrowl on Thursday January 05, 2017 @05:39PM (#13332110)

Large firms can have low-paying entry-level jobs.

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Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by fooey on Thursday January 05, 2017 @05:34PM (#13332084)

I'm in Southern Utah, so it's not very competitive for tech work. I should move, but inertia and a bit of luck stumbling into the few webdev jobs that are around here has kept me in place so far.

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Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by dmux on Thursday January 05, 2017 @05:44PM (#13332144)

Plenty of high paying Boston companies.

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