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Because an employer-provided pension has a guaranteed monthly payout forever.

It's not for nothing they killed em in favor of 401ks, themselves whittled down over the years (employer contributions going down, kicking in after a time, only getting paid at the end of year, etc).

You might be too young to remember the facts on the ground, leaving the conversation to start with, "Why would an employee in the tech sector..."



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