Cliff vesting at five years means leaving at four years and eleven months pays nothing from the employer side

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Benefit formulas that use career average earnings pay less than final salary ones for the same years of service A plan freeze stops accruals for new hires and sometimes for everyone already enrolled A defined benefit formula multiplies final average salary by years of service and an accrual rate Buying service credit for earlier employment raises the formula benefit but costs its full actuarial value Vesting requirements decide whether you leave with a benefit at all or only with your own contributions Waiving the joint and survivor annuity requires a spouse's written consent in most private plans The PBGC guarantees the monthly benefit up to a statutory cap if a single-employer plan runs out of money A subsidized early retirement factor inside a defined benefit plan can be worth more than a year of salary The three-pillar model splits a public scheme occupational plans and private savings into separate jobs Converting the pension to a lump sum uses the plan's own rate which is rarely the annuity you could buy outside