I guess they were ignorant about it too, 'cuz they got wiped out, yet they expect me to pay for it. The fact you've even heard of a "company pension plan" shows you're a baby-boomer, those things are dead....
But don't let your ignorance stop you.
I do my own investing--401K world now y'know....
You've been laid off 4 times! Did they fire everyone or just some? Wonder why your name was on the list (4 times!)?
I was stupid enough to work in Defense in the '90s when Clinton was cancelling all the projects. If your project is cancelled by DoD, you and everyone who worked on it has to find another job. It's not 'fired', it's laid-off 'cuz the work is gone. But don't let your ignorance of private industry stop you....
Maybe you should have prepared yourself a little better.
Yeah, I guess that BSEE degree and 8 years in the Army as an officer wrecked my chances for a career....
Of course I don't 'deserve' a job like cherry's family 'deserves' a retirement. I understand one must earn things--another thing that separates me from baby-boomers....
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Show me yours - I'll show you mine. And I do expect to get my SS (maybe I'll take tango lessons). I paid into it starting in 1970. Maxxed it out in 1Q for twenty years. A deal is a deal. At least to honorable people.
Good one! Another thing about the Boomers is that they spent their youth raging against "the man" and "the system" and all the rules - no one was going to tell them what to do! They did whatever they wanted, and subsequent generations have paid the price.
Now, the Boomers are the ones trying to tell everyone what they can and can't do, say, think, eat, etc., etc. The Boomers are far more intolerant and oppressive than anyone they "rebelled" against back in their patchoulli stinking heyday.