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I am just curious, (we are trying to get a company sponsored training and certification program going here at work) how many of you recieve company sponsored training and certifications? Do you get to go to trade shows or conferences fully payed for by work? How much does your company invest in you for these types of things?
We have both Internal and external opurtunities to training and certification. Our company do encourage the personel to learn aslong as it's in their workareas. The same with conferences but there is it a slight difference, no more then two people at the same time must attend to seminars or conferences if they are held on another place then our hometown.
Im hopefully on my way on a crash course this autumn (16 weeks) and my company will pay everything, guess Im quite lucky :).
~micael
Hrmph! My company pays for nothing!(The only training we offer is givin by me) They just expect you to know. I once was approached by my boss, telling me that I had to give a lesson on this new software in 1 hr. Then, she handed me the software. I had never even seen it. I told her, ok, first I need to load it on the server, then image the lab, then LEARN the software, then I can give the class. Her response!!!! Great! See ya in an hour!
ARRRRGGGG!
--When I grow up I want to be a real tech, and not someones' filler girl.
My company doesn't provide any kind of training either, but they will reimburse you for classes that you take on your own. . .heck, most of the IT people in the building I work in don't even have any kind of certs at all!! Heh, go figure. . .
Same as Micael here,
I just got a my CCNA training paid by the company, although the course itself is outside workhours....
Also I signed up an additonal Unix course within hours, also paid....
Greetz,
I am in Job Corps, and I get CCNA training for free, plus they pay me, I can also go for my network+, MCSE, and an associates degree once I am done, as long as I can do it in 3 years, not only that, but they will find me a job, in my field of study, in the area i want, when I am done. I get a roof over my head, education, a pay stipend, and a bonus when I complete.
that is one hell of a deal
my company offers e-learning courses, but no funds for actual cert(s)...
it would be nice, wouldn't it :)
e-learning is a pretty big benefit, so is any training for that matter...
it seems to be a really big deal for us, as we are a professional staffing company...
My Company claims to pay for offsite training but I don't know anyone whose every actually gotten approval. We get onsite training which as been medicore at best. I wish I could go attend classes but that's not happening.
Note that applies for tech training only. MBA training is sponsored (I think 80% of the cost of the course).
Cheers,
-D
I actually achieved my MCSE over the course of 3 different companies. All of them paid for things up to a point.
My current company actually arranged for a 3rd party vendor to supply training to give a group of us all seven of the official Microsoft curriculum courses for the MCSE- supposedly something like an $11,000 value. They also paid for me to take the tests.
For my CISSP I just bought a book and studied on my own. My company reimbursed me for the book and paid for my test.
They also offer a LOT of training through web-based or computer-based initiatives through arrangements with NetG and Digital Think so even though they have a much tighter budget and no longer pay for offsite training there is still training available.
We get one week of training of our choice. This usually works out to be around a 1,500$ value. If a new application is brought into my group, we usually get training from the vendor of the application. All testing is also payed for.
There is a bonus program based on the complexity of the certification program. For instance, getting an HP storageworks certification will get you like 1500. MCSE is 3k. CCNA is 3k, CCNE is like 10k. However, you can only get the bonus if you work in the field. For instance, our IT department is very segmented, if you work on NT servers, you do not manage any network equipment. So you can only get the 3k MCSE. But if you are working on NT servers, and you get a CCNE, you can get the bonus if you transfer into a job supporting network elements. I'm pretty sure these bonuses will go away in the immediate future as most managers in my company have very little faith in any certifications.
All college as long as it is job related, is also payed for. And you can take a sabatical to get a doctorate if approved.
I don't think that this level of perks is normal at most companies though. It is more common for management ranks in the fortune 50 though.
That is a nice program! I dont think that we will get anything like that, but we do get put higher up on the list for raises when we get certs...Quote:
Originally posted here by mohaughn
We get one week of training of our choice. This usually works out to be around a 1,500$ value. If a new application is brought into my group, we usually get training from the vendor of the application. All testing is also payed for.
There is a bonus program based on the complexity of the certification program. For instance, getting an HP storageworks certification will get you like 1500. MCSE is 3k. CCNA is 3k, CCNE is like 10k. However, you can only get the bonus if you work in the field. For instance, our IT department is very segmented, if you work on NT servers, you do not manage any network equipment. So you can only get the 3k MCSE. But if you are working on NT servers, and you get a CCNE, you can get the bonus if you transfer into a job supporting network elements. I'm pretty sure these bonuses will go away in the immediate future as most managers in my company have very little faith in any certifications.
All college as long as it is job related, is also payed for. And you can take a sabatical to get a doctorate if approved.
I don't think that this level of perks is normal at most companies though. It is more common for management ranks in the fortune 50 though.
Training, what's that? I've been to one class in four years, and that was before we were bought out by another company. It's weird, we were bought by a company with more money and yet it's harder to even get a class approved, and if it is even approved that is no guarentee you'll get to go. My current manager is the worlds worst at approving training. He asks for you to pick a class and then forgets about it. He's in a different city, so it's not like I can go to his office and keep asking. Emails only carry so much weight, and voicemail tag is about the same as email.
It's funny they have "internal training" but it's basically taught by one of the best BS'ers ever. He has not cert to his name, and I think that all of his CBT's are hacked. I just study and get my certs myself, at least they pay for the test if you pass.
My current company has been paying for my MCSD, they paid for the training and certification for my GSEC, and are currently putting me through the first year of my aa transfer for comp. sci.
They also pay for books, isp service if I need it, cell phone if I need it, etc.