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I have had many jobs with no vesting in my employee match. Heck for my company I own, I follow the “default” path from guideline 401k, and my match to my employees vests immediately.

(But yes also had 1-2 jobs that the match had a vesting period)

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I've never encountered a vesting schedule for employer contributions myself, but I've always been aware of their existence. I think one company I joined had 12-18 month vesting schedule that they'd just recently gotten rid of.

I wonder if it's more common outside of tech?

Definitely more common outside of tech. It looks like 72% of 401(k) plans have a vesting period, with the most common durations being 3 or 5 years. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/17/most-workers-wait-years-for-...

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