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Some of the country's largest and most storied brands like Ford and Coca-Cola have long offered a pension plan—a benefit that historically helped maintain talent and reward employee loyalty with the promise of a steady stream of income lasting the length of the employee's retirement. In fact, a recent survey by Athene uncovered that over one-third of Americans (36%) indicated that they are primarily dependent on employer-sponsored retirement plans to save for retirement. Yet the world of private-sector pensions has become increasingly smaller, with only 15% of private industry employees being offered a traditional pension plan in 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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