is it worth me joining company pension ?

kidmugsy

AnotherJoe wrote: »

What is it about pensions that befuddles people so much they can't see that tripling their money for free is a no-brainer ?

What befuddles them is:

(i) The blokes at work say ....
(ii) I don't expect to stay in the job long.
(iii) My dad didn't like pensions.
(iv) It's just gambling on shares isn't it?
(v) No need, mate: my investments should grow at [insert large number] percent a year.
(vi) I'm risk-averse [for some reason often spelled 'adverse'].
(vii) I'd rather splurge today. I'll sponge off the taxpayer when I'm old.
(viii) You can't trust the government.

worried_jim

kidmugsy wrote: »

What befuddles them is:

(i) The blokes at work say ....
(ii) I don't expect to stay in the job long.
(iii) My dad didn't like pensions.
(iv) It's just gambling on shares isn't it?
(v) No need, mate: my investments should grow at [insert large number] percent a year.
(vi) I'm risk-averse [for some reason often spelled 'adverse'].
(vii) I'd rather splurge today. I'll sponge off the taxpayer when I'm old.
(viii) You can't trust the government.

Do you work with me? I hear the above claptrap all the time, I've managed to convert a few but why is it that those with out a pension are the ones to slag it off the most. Repeat after me - free money!