In early March, my previous employer terminated my employment. The reason listed on the termination letter was that I'm an “At-Will” employee, so no cause was listed. Utah is an at-will state, so that seems to be as neutral of a firing you can get. The circumstances of what led up to my firing was absolute heinous fuckery, but shouldn’t have an effect on the issue at hand so I won't go over it.
I worked for this employer for three years, and part of my promised compensation was employer matching for contributions I made to my 401k. 100% matching up to 3.5%, so not insignificant.
At the end of 2023, I asked why none of the employer matchings, for the entire year, were showing up in my account. I was informed that employer matches for all of 2023 would be deposited as a lump sum in March 2024. That seemed shitty because that meant I would lose out on any potential growth from the employer match for 14 months. Every job I've had before this would deposit their matches quarterly, but what can you do.
In May, two months after I was terminated, I still hadn't received any of the promised employer match. I emailed HR, and they said that I because I was no longer an employee at the time the match was made I would not be receiving it. I was a vested employee so this makes no sense. This is what I’ve sent back to HR. I'm so frustrated. What the hell do you do in this situation?