• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Okay, but come on, 55% of people that age have a 401k or IRA? How many people under 30 even have a job that pays well enough to offer that sort of benefit? Jobs pay shit these days.

    • a lil bee 🐝@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I think you’re really underestimating how many 25-35 year olds work for large corps. And you’ve got it reversed. The big corp jobs are the only ones paying wll enough to escape that treadmill. Sucks, I would love to work for some local mom and pop, but FAANG can double or triple the salaries of what they can offer. Most of my peers that I have talked to are in a similar boat.

      And again, we all get retirement accounts in the first couple of weeks of employment. That’s been the case since I worked at comparitively much smaller companies even.