I have been fully financially on my own for the first time after college for the last six months and despite using budgeting apps, I haven't managed to maintain an emergency fund. After finding this subreddit and reading through the prime directive ideology, I decided to follow through with it and start from square one.

As for the reason I am posting today: I currently have 401(k) contributions set up with my current job in order to max out the employer match. I know to put these contributions on hold and put the extra money towards my emergency fund until I get 1 month's of expenses saved and pay down all debts with interest higher than 10%. However, I was wondering what I should do with the funds I currently have sitting in my 401(k) account. I have a little over $1.6k in the account and am starting a new, higher-paying job on Monday. I was originally planning to rollover my account. I wanted to know if it would be smart to withdraw the funds from my 401(k) to put towards my emergency fund and speed that process up or if I should treat the account like it doesn't exist until I reach a point where I can safely contribute to the account again.