What is the current job market for Admin Assistant like. The job overall has pushed me to learn valuable skills, and that in itself is great​. However, the simple Ira plan the company matches 3%. I just found out that even though they make my payroll deduction for my contribution they don't submit it to the financial institution for a month or two. That doesn't sit well with me, the fact tgat they are,earning interest on my money and I am not. This is a fairly small employer.

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IMO, I would choose what important to you and what benefits to fight for. I started with a company that matched 1.5 annually. At first, I thought once I make a contribution then the firm will match it simultaneously but I was wrong. I didn’t get the match immediately and had to wait a whole year. What does that mean if I quit mid-year? I totally lose out on the match! And, just recently the firm changed it to match on their discretion.. I might not even get the match year-end. Choose your battle wisely.

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I wouldn't worry about that, they're probably not earning that much interest on it anyway. And there's probably some procedural or security reason for the time lag. As long as they're putting the money in you don't seem to have much cause to complain.

Well considering my last employer only had 10 employees and managed to deposit my contributions monthly I think this is a bit unusual.

It doesn't sound fair but it's actually pretty typical and therefore not a fight worth fighting IMHO. Job market for our field is pretty similar to the rest of the job market from my experience. Difficult to find good paying jobs in my area, so I've stayed put in my job I'm making way too little in. Hold onto your job unless you have something else lined up!

IMO that isn’t necessarily a hill I would choose to die on….but I can see your point. Now I am of a certain age, so that 💯 factors into my experience, but I have been an assistant my entire life and was laid off at the beginning of March….it took me 7 months to find a position…with lower pay and no benefits. The job market in 2025 was the worst I have ever seen! The good news is it seems like there have been a ton of new positions posted since the end of December…I just haven’t deduced if these are actual open jobs or ghost postings from companies trying to make it appear to their shareholders that they are growing.

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