Suit of the Week: Veronica Beard
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For busy working women, the suit is often the easiest outfit to throw on in the morning. In general, this feature is not about interview suits for women, which should be as classic and basic as you get — instead, this feature is about the slightly different suit that is fashionable, yet professional.
If you're hunting for a white suit, this one from Veronica Beard is lovely — I love the classic cut for both the jacket and the pants. Note that the blazer works with all of the brand's signature dickeys.
Minor note: how do we feel about the black shoes as styled with the white suit? Something about them strikes me as harsh, and I wonder if a gray or brown would be better — or even a really fun statement shoe.
The blazer is $658 at Net a Porter, and the pants are $428.
Looking for lower-priced options? Check out J.Crew (plus sizes too!) and Banana Republic.
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Psst: note that while white suits can be a Lot of Look, white blazers can be a great basic layering piece for late spring and summer.
Some of our favorite white blazers (mostly linen!) include these…
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- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
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- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy's – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+
Sales of note for 2/7/25:
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy's – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+
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Asking for DH – he has a work trip to London in a few weeks and curious what men are wearing around town. (Dress for the meetings themselves he has covered, it’s more – are dark slim jeans / navy blazer for layering piece / patterned top, with loafers or nice sneakers, still good for most restaurants and casual touring? Think Dishoom level dining, not Michelin stars, jealous though I am of all of it!)
Sounds like a good outfit to me! Will depend in part on which part of town he will be in. City and West London tend to be a bit more dressed up/formal/preppy, whereas East London would be a bit more trendy/relaxed. Londoners still tends to dress up a bit more than people in the US, even post-Covid.
Thanks! The blazer is one level dressier than he’d wear for similar activities at home (East Coast city). This is a 40’s & 50’s age crowd so the goal is to look appropriate yet reasonably current moreso than hip or trendy.
No brown in town!
OP here. What shoes would you recommend wearing with dark jeans? At home, it’s usually tan loafers, but adding a black or gray option to the rotation wouldn’t hurt…
It’s an old London saying meaning brown is for the country. I suppose he could wear black shoes with jeans, or just ignore the saying…. I’m sure everyone there is wearing athletic shoes with jeans like the rest of the world.
I quite like either grey or cordovan shoes for men instead of brown. A driving moc or a penny loafer in those colors, or a nice dark olive green would be a good neutral.
I wouldn’t worry too much about brown shoes with casual attire (as opposed to with a suit). Desert boots are popular here, as part of a casual outfit. See eg Prince William wearing them all the time.
+1. The saying mostly applies to not wearing brown shoes with a suit.
What color shoes do men wear with suits then? Black?
OP- thanks all! He has cordovan loafers to wear with gray work slacks for day, and was planning on bringing dark tan driving style loafers to wear with nice jeans for evening. Thanks for the input :)
Re: man who doesn’t initiate dates from this morning
Thank you for all the input, really making me think of things! I bought the ticket for the event next Wednesday and will at least wait for him to initiate things for a bit. I don’t want to end things because I get along with him well and he has a lot of good qualities, but he can also learn to plan things if he is interested.
I had a similar situation when I was dating my husband, and it turned out he just assumed we had a standing Wednesday date but neither of us had said it out loud so I was all up in my head about it. So I encourage you to have a conversation with him!
Agree with this – patterns get established and become the default. Staying silent about something you want to change has never worked for me. I want to be in relationships where I speak up for my needs in the moment and my SO does the same – I hate finding out months later that I could have been doing something differently to meet my partner’s needs.
The silent treatment – even mild forms of it like this – are manipulative at worst and designed to fail at best. That sounds harsh but advocating for yourself means using your words and saying what you want.
This is harsh. I think its a balance. I have told him versions of this, but also, it is true that if you want to see someone soon, be it a friend or boyfriend or colleague, you will try and do that.
I am going to suggest the standing Wednesday date nights though – starting next week, after this event.
That’s a great idea. It’s really nice having a standing date.
Obviously it is a balance. You need to see if the situation is worth your energy. But if it is something you want to work out, then setting up a pass/fail test results in the other person not having all the info they need to be successful…so you both lose.
Great! Have fun at the event, and enjoy kicking back for a while.
Haha if I wore this suit around here, people would ask if I were a member of the Tournament of Roses and if I were confused about the date! (But if I were “in the Tournament,” as they say, I would totally snap it up!)
I was thinking of John Lennon crossing Abbey Road!
Am I the only one who feels insecure enough about my career that I don’t even want to network to find something better? Especially wondering about lawyers here since I find lawyers judgmental to network with more than business people sometimes. Changing the details as I know my current coworkers read here. Started out in litigation at a big firm but became specialized say something like tax lit. But then that job went away because the tax litigation partners left – they didn’t all move to one place so I wasn’t able to follow; I was fairly senior at that point and wasn’t going to make partner at that firm because those who worked with me most were gone and others had their own favorite 8-9th years and being that senior I also wasn’t able to land another firm job. Just as well, I was ready to move on and moved to a smaller city and took the only job I could get – more in something like investment management. Thing is I don’t like this work substantively, I’ll always like tax better, and I want to make a move back. Yet I know I’ve stayed at this job far too long (8 years) because . . . life — coworkers/bosses I like; good benefits and stability; and being extremely pandemic worried for the last few years to where I haven’t wanted to get out there and meet with people. Yet every time I get assigned a new matter, there’s this feeling of dread and I don’t feel like I can feel that way for the next two plus decades.
I just feel like when I explain to lawyers that I switched practice areas and want to go back to the first area or could work on both, people act like that’s the most bizarre thing in the world (because the two areas don’t fit together besides just being both business related). Am I somehow presenting it wrong? Is it just the nature of firms because they need you to build a book in one thing, not half time in two things? If you had a business related opportunity stemming from that first area, would you consider it simply to get to work on that substantively even though you’d be giving up being a lawyer? I’m curious if anyone else faces this because IRL it feels like everyone’s moves are so logical and easy – started in litigation, ended in litigation often at the same firm or DOJ or whatever – and then there’s me.
Many lawyers are very risk averse people and will stick with the most linear path, even if they hate that path. Someone with that personality will respond a certain way, especially if they are at a larger firm. Don’t take the reaction to heart.
There are way more in-house positions that are fully remote, so you are not limited to your small city’s footprint anymore. Are there corporate counsel generalist positions that could include two areas?
Agree with this. Also, the way you present it to people can really color their reaction. If you’re positive about the idea of switching back, they are likelier to be positive too.
Are you staying involved in any tax lit bar association committees, industry groups, etc.? Getting back out there by going to events or attending a CLE or writing an article on those issues is a good way to dip your toe back into that world, make some connections, and signal to people in that niche that you are serious about and prepared to get back into that work. And if you’re open to it, look for opportunities that would draw on both skillsets.
I agree. Saying you are a litigator with tax experience or a tax lawyer with litigation experience resonates. Saying you are a tax lawyer and a litigator doesn’t have the same impact.
Definitely a lawyer thing esp at firms, where the managing partners tend to be older and have often been at one firm or two competing firms doing the same exact thing their entire careers. I have gone through something similar and like you the two areas were unrelated but still both very financial areas – like tax and investment management; you’d think I was telling them I wanted to do mergers/acquisitions with a family law practice on the side?? It did eventually work out via LOTS of networking but yeah had to get through lots of duds before one finally understood – hmm this is a pretty strong finance lawyer as she’s seeing multiple areas of corporate finance.
My sense is this doesn’t happen in business as much – I’ve had friends who went from mortgage banking to product management to some random start up only to land back and mortgage banking and no one acted like they were crazy. I feel like MBAs value breadth of experience in a way JDs don’t.
I wonder if it’s the “I could work in both” that throws people off. Generally, as lawyers get more senior, they tend to specialize or at least build a single narrative about what their practice is and what clients they serve. It’s understandable that people might find it strange for someone to say, “I started my career as an M&A lawyer, but now I do IP litigation, but now I’m interested in switching back to M&A, or I could do both!” The last part may make it seem like you don’t know how law firms or law careers generally work. Dabbling in multiple different practice areas is something that junior associates do, not people 15+ into their careers, at least not those that want to practice at the highest levels and get paid law firm senior lawyer money.
I think there are two things at play here.
The first is your mindset/they way you are presenting it. When you’re networking, people want a clear snd positive story. The way you describe your path leaves me confused about what you want (tax lit? Or to be at a firm no matter what practice group? Or something else?). You also describe your career with a real lack of agency which is a negative in networking. I think your narrative should be more like this:
I spent 9 years at a firm, starting out in general litigation and then specializing in tax lit. As I got more senior, I realized I wanted to explore opportunities in investment management for X reason, so I made the switch to my current role. This career switch also gave me to opportunity to relocate to Y city, which I love and have built my home base in. I’ve spent 8 years building A, B and C transferable skills, but ultimately miss X, Y and Z in tax litigation. I’m ready to move back to tax litigation in a full time role, which means transitioning back to a firm where the most interesting and varied work is.
Second, if you want to move back to a firm, you need to be extremely clear that you expect to take a huge cut to your years of experience. You haven’t practiced tax lit in many years, and don’t have a book of business, so should expect to come in quite junior. You likely won’t get much credit for your years in investment management unfortunately. So I think you should be stating that up front.
Good luck!
Following up on this morning’s posts re law schools and DOJ jobs. I feel like I am the only non-T5/T14/T whatever lawyer here. I’ve done OK, but it has been a mad hustle since Day 1. I wouldn’t recommend it now — loans for bad law schools are probably higher than for good (with endowments and aid packages that include scholarships vs loans) ones but without the job prospects to match. So many lawyers hate what they do and the loans are hard to live with, so I’d always recommend a year of work or at least trying to get a PT job during the summer or school year in a legal field prior to committing to a JD.
Absolutely! I always say you should not even consider going to law school unless you know exactly what lawyers do, and you know for sure that you want to do that thing!! (Also don’t go unless you can get a full ride or pay as you go.)
Although how often do people get a full ride or a tuition low enough to pay as you go? I paid full freight (but went to a law school with a low COL and where it was reasonable (then) to get a median-pay legal job and repay my loans in 10 years, which I considered a fair trade). Now, compared to 3 years of $0 income and 200K+ in loans, I’d probably go into finance (doing the client side of what I am a lawyer for now) and would be much ahead, financially. It’s still interesting work, but who knows. The debt now would frighten me so much.
I graduated college into the Great Recession. I applied to a lot of law schools and went to the one that offered me the most money. You can also ask schools to match another school’s scholarship offer. It’s very doable if you apply broadly and with the intention of going for free/cheap.
I think those two categories are too narrow. A third option – you need loans, but highly rated school with excellent track record of jobs for grads.
I do agree that some legal work experience (even just summer jobs) should be near-mandatory.
Co-sign (also for in-state State U with strong local placements). A relative who was finishing up college starting talking law school b/c of fear of not having a plan / parent pressure to be in a “prestige” career (parent is clearly not a lawyer!) and I was all OMG DO NOT GO (relative had zero office work experience, so no legal experience). Very relieved that relative is working in a job that likely pays what an average small-firm attorney or public-sector lawyer would make and realizing that this would be so much harder to do while repaying loans. Our local sheriff’s office starts at just over 50K, but with stellar benefits, which I feel beats many small law firms even if law school entailed zero loans.
Nah, I went to a highly rated school with an excellent track record of jobs for grads with loans on this theory, and then the 2008 recession hit. Do not recommend. In retrospect, I should have taken the slightly lower ranked school with some scholarships.
Hahahahaha Omg this is so out of touch and privileged senior attorney. No normal person can afford to pay as you go, and it wasn’t a bad choice to go to a top 10 school with a modest scholarship instead of a not great local school with more money.
TBH, when we went to law school (I am a bit younger than SA, but not much), it was not that expensive. Borrowing 100% was not reckless. Now, just going is borderline reckless.
When I went to a TTT law school, the rule of thumb was only borrow what you think you can make your first year; that way, at 7% interest (IIRC), you can pay it back in 10 years. It was all a very reasonable expectation. I have no idea what schools tell people now. You can’t expect to work at Cravath, even if you go to HLS. Even if you start there, it’s not realistic to expect to do it for 10 years.
I’ve read that rule of thumb from financial planner types, but in no way is that a message from law schools. I went to a 3rd tier school in a LCOL area and the only way to take out the amount you can reasonably expect to make your first year out is if you have really good scholarships.
To 3:17 — this is why I feel like I have a moral problem with the existence of so many law schools with so many slots that knowingly allow a certain % of students to wreck their lives. Elizabeth Holmes is a bad person b/c of fraud. I’m not so sure that law schools are much better. IDK what the answer is — trim slots by 5% a year? Not let more students in for 2023 than the # of kids finding JD-required jobs in 2022? It’s just not sustainable. And the students suffer and the schools just smile and take their $. It’s not right. Unlike the students, who may be naive, the schools know full well what is going on.
I don’t think it is. Don’t go if you can’t afford it is good advice.
Yes — it’s like borrowing $ to go to film school or anything else where the amount of $ you need to repay the loans is unlikely to be close to what you make. You’d be better off never going but it’s hard to let dreams die. “Don’t borrow” isn’t so helpful as “if you borrow $X, it will cost $Y a month to pay it off in 10 years and since many people stop practicing entirely before then, don’t count on a longer repayment plan being worth it; this may affect if you get married and how many kids you have and whether you ever live on your own or have roommates into your 40s.” But no one has the courage to say that b/c it’s important not to crush a kid’s dreams (but OK to stand by when they ruin their lives).
A friend of my son had a family who was so proud to see him go to college and then law school (first generation for both) and now he has failed the bar and works for a small firm that needs for him to go to court, which he still can’t do. He was a nice kid and I feel bad for all of them.
I think what’s out of touch and privileged is encouraging young people to take on six figures of debt for a career with no guarantees. Everybody thinks they’re going to be at the top of their class and make partner at BigLaw, but… everybody doesn’t do that. And I daresay a significant percentage of the people who do are fairly miserable. If Anonymous at 3:06 is the exception, then my hat is off to her.
I agree. There is a lot of space between “pay as you go” and “borrowing the entire cost of tuition.” I had full rides to third tier law schools, and turned them down to take a $25k/year tuition scholarship to a T20 school (which was over 80% of my tuition 1L year but less than 60% by 3L). I had a bit of family help, and worked in Big Law 2L summer and saved a lot, so between that and my scholarship, I graduated with low five figure debt, which was very manageable and paid off in my first year as an attorney. I had a lot more opportunities for interesting work being on law review from a T20 school than I would have graduating from a no-name law school even as valedictorian.
I do agree that people should be very, very careful about taking on six figure debt. To me it only makes sense to borrow the full cost of attendance if you’re going to HYS and have ambitions to be a judge or a similarly prestigious job and even then you have to think long and hard about what your work-life balance will be like while you’re paying off that debt.
Huh? Fully funding a top law school education with loans is fine. Going to a bad law school is generally a bad idea, scholarship or no.
I would say don’t go unless you have the scores and grades that will let you get into a school with a large foundation for scholarships. I was not going to go unless I got in to a good enough local school that I would be competitive in the job market and not going to keep going unless I was doing well in school. Going to a lower tier school with debt is a recipe for disaster.
My folks are both lawyers and frequently said that law school is nothing like being a lawyer. I took that to heart and worked as a paralegal before applying to law school. I ultimately decided that it wasn’t a life I wanted. If possible, it’s always best to get some real professional experience–even unrelated–before committing loads of time and money to a specialized degree.
I went to a T50ish school, but well regarded in my very large city, where I’m from. I knew exactly what career path I wanted because I worked for 3 years between college and law school and saw those jobs firsthand and spent a lot of time networking with lawyers who followed those paths. I’m now ~12 years out of law school and while I’ve had rough times, I’ve done well in my career. My jobs have not been well paying for a lawyer, but I have a normal professional salary. I make it work because I got a full tuition scholarship to law school, lived frugally to pay back my undergrad and living expense loans, and continue to live a modest lifestyle while focusing on saving for retirement. I think if you know exactly what you want to do post-law school and have a realistic plan for paying for it, it’s not a terrible choice — but if you are just going because “you can do anything with a law degree” and you don’t know what you want that “anything” to be, it’s a terrible idea.
Yes — I was in the “seriously considering selling my eggs” panic when I was in law school. NYC-level loans, not BigLaw prospects. You can do anything with a law degree, include selling your eggs.
I work one week a month remote. I travel to my parents home and it has been a really nice way to be more present as they are aging but still active. I started this in 2021 as they were isolated and I was a safe option. I’m starting to job search and just turned down a job that was basically described line-for-line as my resume, in a city I wouldn’t mind living in, because the role permits zero remote work. I am sharing this because a few years ago, I would have agonized over whether to ever say no to a job that was partly a good fit but partly not- and reading this board has helped empower me to stick to my priorities. So, thanks to you all :)
Good for you! Given that the company missed out on the perfect fit employee, maybe they’ll rethink their policies in the future. Keep standing strong, it’s a great employment market!!
Good for you! Get what you want and what you need.
Good for you. “Zero remote work” for most office work seems so out of touch and out of the norm that I would take it as a red flag these days.
Good for you and I’m happy that you’re getting this quality time with your parents while they’re still active.
Small win –
I’m a sole practitioner consultant and I just got a new contract that is exactly the kind of work I want to do. I’m really excited about it and had to share!
Go, you!!
Woohoo!
What an accomplishment. Congrats!
For a long time I’ve rocked a lob with a side part. This has really worked for me because I have very fine, relatively thin, stick-straight dark blonde hair, as well as zero tolerance for high maintenance styling. (In fact, for several years, my family has all cut our hair at home to professional looking results, according to dispassionate observers. I’m not saying I need to keep doing that, but for context about how low key I am.)
HOWEVER I’m feeling that, like super skinny jeans and patent nude pumps, my side part lob is looking a little dated. Do you all agree? And how do I go about figuring out what else might look good on me given that I’ve made no changes for nigh on a decade?
I have no plans to change my side part. I don’t honestly care to look like I’m trying to be a Zoomer.
Change your part on occasion? I have stick straight, fine hair (though dark brown). Not much to do with our hair texture. I used to have a longish pixie, but switched to a long bob because it’s easier to wash and go, and now that I have gray roots, I can pull it back when the roots start to show and I’m not scheduled for coloring yet.
Maybe I will try a center part— though I know I’ll struggle with whether it looks worse or just different to my eye! A good first step though
Make an appointment w your stylist and ask him/her for thoughts. Maybe the part changes or the length or the color – lots of ways to make you feel you are still rocking
Center parts are for the young, the beautiful, and the symmetrical. I am zero for three, and will die with a side part.
Ha, I’m neither of those either but I’ve had a center part my whole life. It’s just where my hair wants to be!
I’ve had success with moving from a more extreme side part to a more off center part. I cannot handle fully center parts on my face lol.
I am stuck with a side part because of a bald spot/scar on my head from an old surgery. My solution is to be sure the rest of my look has evolved (so no side part + skinny jeans + ballet flats + cardigan), but then I am not aiming for fashionable, just trying to avoid looking like I am stuck in 2015.
I was a long-time side parter, and recently went center (I’m solidly Gen X, FWIW.) My hair is chin-length, quite straight and fine, and I like the side part because my hair is no longer hanging in my face when I wear it down. When it was parted on the side, I was always tucking one side behind my ear and it would fall down, get a weird curl, etc. Center part for me means I actually wear it down more often.
Has anyone here started a new job and realized it was a terrible move within a month or two? If you decided to jump ship and start job-searching again, how did you explain to recruiters and hiring managers about the short tenure (and importantly–did they accept your explanation)?
I’m a month into a new job and several changes/decision they made in the month before I started have impacted my work greatly. I’m supposed to be in a strategic role and find myself being slammed with requests for administrative tasks because the team is so understaffed–they’ve been desperate for more bandwidth. There are a couple of other major duties that were not meant to be part of my role (that it appears I’ll be stuck with long-term) and a recent shift in their thinking about budget means that the team I was promised is being cut in half. All of that and the culture is toxic.
I would like to just quit right now and start job-searching full-time, but we’re in the middle of a home remodel and the associated refinancing means I don’t have the flexibility to quit without something else lined up. Thanks to publicity about my placement, it’s hard to erase this position from my resume completely.
I’d just love to hear any success stories out of similar situations! I’m stressed and miserable and need reminders that there’s a way out of this.
Is going back to your old job an option? I know it’s awkward, but I associate successful quick turnarounds with returning to the old job.
Check askamanager for more specific advice, but I think she’d say to leave the job off your resume entirely and explain the situation when asked.
I’d cut my losses as best I could. If it’s only been a few months, is your old role still open/ an option to go back to? Otherwise just job search again and explain role wasn’t as described. It’s not uncommon.
I would just scale back at the new job as much as possible (making it clear to your boss that this role is not what was sold to you) and job hunt while still employed.
I recently bailed on a job for being tasked with admin stuff too, I was more vague with male interviewers (responsibilities didn’t align with my skillset) but female interviewers got the honest truth and totally understood. Everything worked out in the end.
I have no advice but I’m in a very similar situation and it’s ugh!! Following.
Yes and Yes and Yes (Started a new job, realized it was terrible, and quit after 3 months). I stayed at my next job 9 years and when I was interviewed I just gave them my best fake smile (like pained politician’s wife fake, not even vaguely trying for convincing) and said “It wasn’t a good fit.”. And added that I thought it best to let them fill the position with someone better suited to that environment right away rather than leaving after a year. (That environment being a boss who I honestly think is a psychopath.)
I have! I was burned out and made a bad decision taking a new job. My old job truly wasn’t the right fit anymore, but I jumped into something that was also very wrong, but on the other end of the spectrum. I gave a carefully vague explanation about it being the wrong cultural fit and just recognizing that it wasn’t an environment I wanted to grow in. I think right now is an easy time to be in this position – the job market is hot enough that employers are willing to overlook a few imperfections! In the future I will leave that position off my resume and I highly doubt it will ever come up again.
OP here – Thanks so much for this helpful feedback! I really appreciate the confirmation that a) it’s ok to leave ASAP and b) this current job market makes it a bit easier. I am torn between scaling back/underperforming while I job search v. scrambling to do as much as I can out of guilt for leaving them in the lurch. I did call a meeting with my boss to talk about “clarity around job duties” but it’s mainly an opportunity to clue her in that I’m unhappy so she’s not totally blindsided when I leave. I have no illusions that anything can be improved to the point where I’d consider staying, but at least maybe I can get some relief in the meantime.
On the bright side, I have had two recruiter intro calls in the last few days and a hiring manager intro Zoom this afternoon! I’ll report back when I am on the other side. :) Thanks everyone!
Hive, I have a resume formatting question – when listing work responsibilities, do you list the stuff you do most first? Or the most “showy”/big project stuff even if you only do it once or twice a year?
I’m not a lawyer, more of an engineering consultant. Stuff I do day to day I’m obviously good at but not the favorite parts of my job. The big project stuff I have less experience in but some is it pretty niche and may not apply to certain job openings. I don’t do any financial stuff either like “managing a $20 mil portfolio project”…
Prioritize what is most relevant to the job you’re applying for. Tailor your resume to each role, based on the job description. Frequently this means having a 1.5-page resume that you edit down in different ways for each role.
+1 – focus on what you need them to read.
List your experience, but also list how your contributions impacted the bottom line. Did you dramatically reduce cost? Improve safety (leading to lower EMR?), implement a Lean approach? You want to talk about results on your resume as well as your skills/responsibilities.
I do bigger/more impressive stuff first.
I have two different 401k accounts from two prior jobs, and they’ve just been sitting there since I left. I haven’t enrolled in the 401k at my new job yet. What should I do with these old 401k accounts? Who do I talk to/where do I start? I presume I need to get them consolidated into one place, but have just never done this before. Thanks for any help!
Google b*tches get riches 401k rollover and you should get their article on how to do this as painlessly as possible. And some fun gifs.
I hope you can get this knocked out quickly. It sounds like a task that will feel really good to have completed!
This is called 401(K) rollover and there should be instructions on your current site on how to do it. The $$ needs to go directly from one 401k account to another.
Enroll in your new employers 401k and roll both the old ones into the new one.
They aren’t hurting anything by just sitting there, so I would start by spending your time setting up your new job’s 401k so that you aren’t missing out on that investment or leaving potential matching money on the table. Once you’ve done that, it can be helpful to have everything all in the same place for simplicity. You can call the companies where the accounts are currently held and ask them to help you start the rollover. Sometimes they send it directly to your new retirement account, or sometimes they send the check to you, you sign it, and then you mail it to the company with your new account. You have 60 days to deposit it in the new account before it is considered a distribution, but I think the last time I did it, it took less than two weeks total. It’s really pretty easy!
I moved my old 401(k)s to Fidelity. Very easy process.
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My husband had a 401K from Fidelity from an old job. I don’t remember the details, but I think he converted that into a different account and it is now managed by Fidelity.
It’s called a Rollover IRA– you can move the money from your old 401k into a new rollover account tax free (as long as it’s within the constraints mentioned by another poster.). I have a rollover account with Vanguard into which I’ve moved 401k money from various jobs over the years– you’ll need to set up the rollover account first; whoever you set it up with will be able to guide you through the process. It’s not difficult.
Thanks, all! Sounds like it won’t be hard and I just need to do the thing.
You can probably do 90% of the work from your couch on Saturday morning with a cup of coffee. We use Fidelity and they make it really easy to move your money over to them.
I still have my old 401k at my most long-term employer. It’s a huge company so their expense margins are low, and I could not do better by moving it.
Please also note that if you have regular 401(k)s that you’ve rolled to a regular IRA, that can impact your ability to do back door Roth transactions. I wish someone had warned me about this, so I’m warning you. Read up on that! That’s why it is sometimes better to roll into your current plan (if that is permissible–some plans do not permit this!).
What’s a reasonable fee for a resume coach/resume writer? DC area, but I assume that I’ll work with someone who’s remote.
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I am late catching up on the crazy neighbors thread from the morning, but some of the stories are amazing!
My contribution is an upstairs neighbor that drove us crazy with not-knowing, because inexplicable sounds were coming from up there. Like someone taking a small hammer and hammering directly on the floor. At all hours of the day, but just for 15-20 mins at a time. For months. Not in response to anything we were doing, such as making noise.
Ultimately met the guy in the stairwell, turns out he was an artist, making art!
Love it!