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Originally Posted by haydnfan
Technical training and 2 year degrees, not college degrees. And this is becoming common practice among Fortune 500 companies. It increases productivity to further train their employees. It's not a charity.
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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
How is that a bad thing for the employee? How does that make Amazon 'bad'? You are implying both of those things.
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I didn't read what haydnfan wrote as implying that either was a bad thing. Yes, it would be nice if they were willing to pay for the full 4 year university degree but technical training and 2 year degrees paid for by someone else are hardly a bad thing. Nor do I see it as a bad thing that companies are investing in their employees though I agree it's not a charity since the company is expecting a return on their investment.
Personally, my employers over the years have paid for quite a few computer and network related courses which have made me a more valuable employee (IMNSHO). The disadvantage is that this training had also made me more subject to headhunting by companies that prefer to hire their peons fully trained. I've talked to several companies that wanted to hire me but were not willing to continue investing in my ongoing training -- the type of idiots that don't realize that most skill sets, especially those involved in technical fields, are on a Red Queen's racetrack where you are running like hell just to stay even. You may have a bowlful of alphabet soup worth of degrees and certifications after your name on a business card but if you don't keep your skills up to date, they are get pretty useless.