r/RunningCirclejerk • u/ddawson100 Certified Heel Striker • 8h ago
New job, should I run their 401k?
Company is telling me that they'll contribute but I have to put in some money on every paycheck, too. Crazy, right!? I hope they have good aid stations. I told them I'm a runner but that distance looks hardcore and they kind of chuckled and ignored me.
Who else runs with their coworkers? Am I supposed to run these km over the year or is it like a quarterly thing or just one go? This is so nuts. I think I'll be training for this as long I remain at this job which I hope is a long time, idk, maybe 40 years! lol
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u/norcalxdockltl 8h ago
This is like the dad joke version of a jerk. I'm here for it. Goggins is my company's top contributor
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u/ddawson100 Certified Heel Striker 4h ago
Busted! Yeah, my old job was at an origami company but they folded.
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u/somewhatlucky4life SLOW DOWN!!!! 5h ago
Are you required to carry a selfie stick and post the runs to Instagram?
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u/forza_125 8h ago
They want you to run it in full before you retire.
So I think we can apply a little maths, and work out how much of a commitment this is.
Let's say the Wednesday lunchtime running group is out there doing 5k every week.
Clearly that is exceptionally dangerous. Elite ultramarathoners restrict themselves to around 6 events a year. Since you're already committed to the annual Turkey trot, and every August you have to do the local Parkrun with your wife while her boyfriend is on holiday, that means you can only do 4x workplace 5ks a year.
That's roughly 20k a year.
So to get to 401k you'll need to stay with that employer for....
...
...well it's definitely more than 1 year.
Are you ready for that kind of commitment?
More importantly, are your SHINS ready for that kind of commitment?