In a meeting last week in Chicago, the team was discussing benefits. I asked about the 401k matching program expecting an answer. The HR rep said that there's no company match for contributions at all. It took a moment for that to sink in. I checked again to confirm, thinking I missed something. Nope, none at all. Most of us were just silent. We moved on to other topics, but I couldn't shake the feeling. It felt like a major oversight not to offer any kind of match. Now I'm reevaluating how that impacts my long-term savings.