When you move jobs, you leave your old workplace pension scheme, but you don’t lose the benefits you have built up. You can keep your old pension where it is or move your pot to the scheme offered by your new workplace. But if you are thinking about doing this, it is important to do it for financial – and not emotional – reasons. It’s crucial that you don’t move your pension pot out of a first-rate scheme simply because you want to cut all links with an old employer. If there is no compelling reason to leave your old pension where it is, you may have the option to port your old workplace pension to your new employer’s scheme. Alternatively, you could move it to a SIPP where you have more control over how it is invested.