Boss give you time to train?
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- Ancillary0
Every place I've worked they're always like: "and we pay for training, we're really interested in your growth and blah blah..." but they never do. What usually happens is middle management go away for a weekend, hold hands, sing songs, then come back and try to implement "new business structures" that last about two weeks and then everything's back to the same shit hole it was to begin
- Maaku0
We barely have time for that :(
I do it during my lunch break and weekends (sometimes).
- tgqt0
I set aside 20% of my time - 1 full day a week - to research and train on new technologies.
- nthkl0
Currently I have the support of my VPs to offer training in house as well as purchase books and tutorials. Which im extremely happy about. All is paid for by the company. Even outside classes are re-imbursed as long as the subject matter is associated to my skill-set. For in house training we use a few methods...
Gototraining for LAN training, which I teach. $150 a month let's you host 25 users at one time. It is very user friendly from a teaching/student perspective.
I'm currently working with digitaltutors to set up a great online training environment for production employees. Check out their floating seat license plan. Very affordable for a large group. They all seem to dig it. And the sales reps are super awesome and willing to help you out.
BAVC San Francisco offers epic bootcamp classes that they can customize to fit your needs. If you are a ca company with a group over 15 (all must be full time and be there for 3-6 months after the course, or they accrue the cost), it's paid for by the state. The instructors are amazing, check out who they train... Industrial light and magic, Lucas arts, adobe... I found out about these guys by asking Adobe directly who they use for training. It worked out in the end.
But,
It depends on the atmosphere at your work, and that trickles down from the owners and upper management. Most vendors burn through creatives and have massive turn over rates combined with an even greater return on investment. They will pay you a 6 figure salary w/ bonus, but you'll complete millions of dollars worth of work by years end. A 3 man team can complete a $400k project which only had a hard salary burn of 60k with some comp time, and full time doesn't pay overtime. After that agency year... you might still be married, possibly can say you didn't do drugs, and will tell your mother you're fully rested... But it's not gonna happen. Agencies aren't there to be friends with you, remember that. It's all about profit and executive bonuses. End rant.
Hope this helps.
- lvl_130
totally depends on your work environment (and to a certain extent, your current position/skillset). in reality, it should def. happen at work.
- dijitaq0
not where i used to work. if we ended up without any project on our hand, my boss would make up fictitious project for us to work on. i kid you not.
but there was the time he signed me up for php training. he said it would be good for me to have other skills, but we all know it was cheaper than hiring a new programmer ehehe.
- georgesIII0
first week, I was already driving it,
did kill a cow though ;P
- Stugoo0
It should definitely happen, I heard somewhere that there was the option to get up to X-amount in tax free training courses in the UK....
Unfortunately in some places if you are the guy who 'does the thing' you will always be 'doing the thing'
- Ranger0
Depends on the set up doesn't it. Most of the places I've worked take the view that if they invest in training you then you will take those new skills and go get another better job at their expense. Better places will at least keep you up to date with any new skills you need, something to mention in appraisals if not.
- moldero0
my old gig paid for training, but it was a big company, a lot of red tape and politics to get extra $$ towards the interactive dept. big agencies have their pros somewhere I guess. I only seen the cons, i hated that crap, but that's a whole other thread.
- kushman0
Hmm... sounds like there's no definitive answer to this.
My boss pretty good about paying for training courses but doesn't want to give us the time to do tutorials/webinars/etc at work (although he will pay the subscription fees). He thinks that should be done at home.
Everyone here works really hard. We are a small company and non productive hours do hit us hard but is it unrealistic to expect staff to give up the small amount of free time we have?- Don't think is unrealistic to do paid for training after hoursjacklalane
- You will take these new skills when you move on to next jobjacklalane
- RumperChunk0
I pay for my staff to take courses in work time. It benefits me after all..
- kushman0
Thanks for the tips, in balance, I think it's fair to train in your spare time as it does benefit the individual as much as the company. I think I'll suggest training in lunch hours... we normally work through them anyway!
- orrinward0
A guy who just joined my company got 1 day a week to develop his understanding of new skills and technology.
I have something similar as a junior. My boss has told me that if there are any new skillsets I'd like to learn he'll put me on training for them, either externally or if we have someone who can help, I can piggyback and have set tasks to help me learn.
I'm a designer but currently working as a front-end web developer and Jasmine tester for our current sprint cycle, with a more senior person being freed up to walk me through it.
- mydo0
If the project isn't super urgent then i'll always ask the guys to do something new. that way every project is training.
- monospaced0
and they pay for it
- Glitterati_Duane0
My job pays for training and allows me to go but a recent memo came in from my union stating that I am required to make up any training time used during work hours