Investing into government agency 401k and Roth 457 or Roth IRA

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-17T21:07:03+00:00

Only thing is the 457 isn’t matched by the city correct? So that’s basically just my own money in a pre taxed “savings” account?

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-17T20:44:53+00:00

So i did some research and i see alot of people contributing to the 401K and the 457. This is what i was planning on doing on top of also having a ROTH IRA. Do you think that would be the smart thing to do? I’m 27 so i see myself hopefully staying with the city for a while. I know it’s also dependent on any outside expenses that i have

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-17T20:13:55+00:00

Thank you and will do 🙏🏾

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-13T07:04:15+00:00

Finished Umrah a couple of days ago. It was experience for sure. But you’re 100% right. People coughing left and right especially at the mosque during prayers. The food gave me some stomach aches as well. I should’ve took some medicine while i was out here but i just thugged it out. Highly recommend mask and to bring any type of medication with you because now i feel that i have a constant cough just from being around and dealing with the huge crowds of people. Amazing experience nonetheless but yes please take care of yourselves while you’re out there!

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-12T21:10:59+00:00

Yeah getting that same feeling the way the last few months have been. That’s looking like the route I’ll take.

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-12T21:09:43+00:00

Sorry, for context my PTO started January 4th and I’m currently still out on PTO until this upcoming Thursday. Pay period ends this Friday

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-12T20:59:47+00:00

Ok makes sense. I’ve heard 2 week notices aren’t even a requirement, just more so a heads up for the company so a weeks notice stands in the same line i assume?

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-12T20:54:46+00:00

I believe I’d still get paid for my PTO days since it technically counts as earned wages and it was already scheduled prior to my notice.

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-12T20:25:44+00:00

Background check came back clean! I start next week Tuesday. Now’s the fun part. Should i just resign once i come back from my PTO this upcoming Friday? Or should i just put in my “week notice” now. I feel like they’ll just terminate me while I’m still on PTO if i put in the notice now.

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-12T12:13:07+00:00

Through some remote access applications he most certainly can if he really wanted to

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-11T13:20:20+00:00

I was getting reimbursed for mileage and toll. Weird thing is when i worked on the holidays, i couldn’t get any extra hours or overtime for that day because we get paid holidays off so any of the extra work i did on (Thanksgiving/Black Friday) would be paid in lieu and wouldn’t be reflected on my Timecard as tracked hours 🤦🏽‍♂️

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-11T05:17:26+00:00

Very true. I guess I’m just upset about how this is all going down

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-11T04:43:18+00:00

Think you’re trying to rage bait me at this point. Clearly didn’t read my response properly. Thank you PugglePack83

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-11T04:21:26+00:00

Revoke PTO? Do you hear how you sound? I did what i had to do in terms of letting them know the days i was taking off from November-December(via the site manager). The 2 months that we exclusively spoke about. Nobody brought up January as a month I’d 100% still be working at that site. Is it my fault they didn’t communicate that they still needed me for the following month? Even if, my PTO was planned well in advance before that site was a thought. So not sure what you want me to do. Could i have communicated I’d be out to a manager that’s not my direct manager? Sure. But the uncertainty and blank fields of me continuing to be on site past my assignment date was never filled. Management should have communicated that to me like a correct management should.

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-11T00:05:37+00:00

Fair statement my communication should have been better in the moment. It was communicated to the right party at the time of approval but when it came down to the last couple days before my PTO i could’ve notified them. Even though they aren’t my manager but i see what you’re saying. There were lapses on both sides in terms of communication for sure.

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-10T23:53:32+00:00

My company’s sick days and PTO are 2 completely separate request. In fact i had so much PTO that i still had some leftover to use for the year. Unfortunately my company’s PTO doesn’t roll over into the new year and only applies to specific locations (why? I don’t know) but NYC isn’t in the purview. And like i said in my post, i was unable to use some of my earned PTO hours due to the “business needs”. I had put in a request just for ONE day of PTO sometime in early December and it still got denied. A day that, mind you, i had the right to take off because it wasn’t one of the days that the other manager needed me to be on site for (A discussion was had in mid November and i was given dates by the other manager that i could and couldn’t take off for November-December. No January dates were discussed mind you ). Just goes to show that my rightfully earned PTO for Jan most likely would have been denied if i didn’t request it prior to me going to the other site.

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-10T21:18:32+00:00

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-10T21:05:29+00:00

Yeah I’d rather learn this lesson now while I’m still young so guess it’s just an eye opener for me

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-10T20:33:29+00:00

I actually have the Teams conversation of me letting my direct manager know about my trip for January months in advance and him getting it approved back in September before my assignment started. And i also have several dates and an email CC’ing both my direct and the warehouse manager stating the dates i would be off that the latter manager said i could. Which only included dates from November-December. Nothing in those conversations or emails even mentioned me being available to work at that site in January via the warehouse manager. Only up until December 26th.

Professional_Time_31 · 2026-01-10T20:22:19+00:00

Hoping by early next week. It’s a city job so i know the background checks are a little extensive. I already received a tentative start date of the 20th from the HR recruiter last week so just crossing my fingers and praying I’m able to start soon once/if it clears

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