So I am hearing more and more of companies who are basically charging their staff to train them.
OK, so they’re not hitting them with an upfront bill – but they are saying that when they’ve been trained, if they leave within a designated period of time [normally a year] they have to pay the cost of the training back to the company.
Is it any wonder so many employees have no respect for their company when they pull shit like that?
OK – with my corporate hat on – I can sort-of understand if the company has sent someone to a special course that has cost them a considerable amount of cash but I’m hearing there’s companies trying to pull this stunt even when they are sending their staff off to do some small internal training course.
I remember when I was at JWT for about 2 weeks back in the dark ages, I was told they had decided to give me a payrise but rather than give me cash [which I deserved and needed because I was paid a fucking pittance] they were going to give it to me as a training course.
A training course they were going to run.
In the office.
Hahahahahahahahaha.
HahahahaHahAhahAha.
Training is an important part of any job.
ANY JOB.
Mainly because it does not just benefit the employee – it also benefits the company which is why for this reason, I believe it should not come with any strings attached – especially if the company is running the training themselves.
Oh, and if management have decided to run their 2-bit course in another country, then that’s their problem … there’s no way that should financially impact their employees, especially when they’ve had no choice in the matter.
It’s bad enough more and more companies are exploiting the financial times to make their staff work longer and longer hours without additional benefits [sorry, but a pizza and taxi home don’t count] … and it’s positively criminal more and more companies are trying to stop staff taking their legal-right holidays … but to now try and charge staff for training – internal training – is sick, especially when they have a bland mission statement that spouts their ‘staff are their greatest asset’.
Of course having a job is a great thing, but too many companies act/think like they’re a charity when the reality is without their employees, they’re literally nothing.