# Never Cash Out Your 401k When You Change Jobs – Ask for a Direct Rollover

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-19T22:15:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/401k-cash-out-job-change/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/never-cash-out-your-401k-when-you-change-jobs-ask-for-a-direct-rollove-836308/

The temptation shows up at a bad time. A job change can bring moving costs or a gap between paychecks, and the old 401k starts to look like a spare emergency fund. The day-one math is worse than it looks.... Source

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