If you are 100% vested after four years. Things may be different now, but some that I knew about before had staged vesting, where after a few years you vested in 25% of the company contributions, a few years later it was 50%, etc. The company I was at it took 10 years to vest 100% in their contributions. I think some of that has changed since many companies no longer offer traditional pension plans anymore. Vesting periods in 401ks have become shorter.Originally Posted by MadtownPacker