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How do pensions actually work? A subsidized early retirement factor inside a defined benefit plan can be worth more than a year of salary Converting the pension to a lump sum uses the plan's own rate which is rarely the annuity you could buy outside The second pension pillar is usually where the real money sits Cliff vesting at five years means leaving at four years and eleven months pays nothing from the employer side Reduced hours at prorated pay and what it does to pension contributions Raising the contribution rate and raising the retirement age solve the same cost from opposite sides A plan freeze stops accruals for new hires and sometimes for everyone already enrolled Benefit formulas that use career average earnings pay less than final salary ones for the same years of service The PBGC guarantees the monthly benefit up to a statutory cap if a single-employer plan runs out of money Withdrawing from a multiemployer plan can trigger a liability payment that a small contractor cannot survive A defined benefit formula multiplies final average salary by years of service and an accrual rate Pay-as-you-go financing means this year's contributions pay this year's retirees with no fund set aside Pension income is taxed when it is paid so deferral only helps if your rate is lower by then Annuitising the pot vs drawing it down: the break-even age nobody calculates

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