<prompt> Human: No throwaway because everyone should see my ignorance. Ive worked at a few different companies I would say 2, 3 including my current one where I contributed to a 401k as far as I know. Unfortunately, once I moved on to my new companies contract ended at the first one, let go from the second one, currently at said third one I have no idea what happened to those.Was I supposed to do something to carry them over? Are they lost in the nether? Did I lose everything I contributed?Basically any advice to find out where that money ishow to get access to it so I can make sure its doing something right would be helpful.EDIT: Turns out my last job didnt actually have a 401k swore it did..., and the job before that paid out what I had in my 401k since I was a contractor.  <response>: Call each companys HR or equivalent and ask who the 401k provider is and ask for a participant services phone . Call each and ask if they can find your account via a SSN and company name search. Nothing happens automatically, you gotta stay on top of your accounts. 