# Don’t Quit Weeks Before Your 401k Match Vests – Push Back Your Start Date

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-17T19:15:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/401k-vesting-resignation-timing/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/don-t-quit-weeks-before-your-401k-match-vests-push-back-your-start-dat-b13480/

Say your employer deposits $2,400 a year in matching money, and your plan vests all of it at once after three years of service. Resign three weeks before you reach that mark and you leave without the roughly $7,000 it... Source

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