From: Al [#1]
1 Mar 15:59
To: ALL
Repayment of IT course fees to employer
From: Al [#2]
1 Mar 15:59
To: Al [#1] 1 Mar 15:59
irrespective of the fairness / morality / enforcability of employers clawing back course fees from employees that leave - what have you found is the general rule for ad-hoc IT course ?
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From: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#3]
1 Mar 16:05
To: Al [#2] 1 Mar 16:08
How'dya mean? How fast to do you have to repay them, or how long do you have to wait until you can leave without repaying them?
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From: patch [#4]
1 Mar 16:09
To: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#3] 1 Mar 16:12
The second one, I'd say.
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From: Al [#5]
1 Mar 16:11
To: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#3] 1 Mar 16:12
how long do you have to wait until you can leave without repaying them
ours reduces over time(75% after x months etc etc)
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From: patch [#6]
1 Mar 16:12
To: Al [#1] 1 Mar 16:12
I've never had any company pay for my training, but when my girlfriend had some, they set it to two years. However, it was a major bit of training, with one day per week for studying for six months. They also tried to say that the two years only started at the end of the course, but she pointed out that that was a bit unfair what with her using the skills she was gaining from the beginning of the course, rather than waiting till the end to do anything with her new-found qualification.
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From: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#7]
1 Mar 16:14
To: Al [#5] 1 Mar 16:15
Right.
Don't know about IT, but the normal period in the Banking sector for your Banking Exams an that is 2 years, normally reduced to 50% after the first year though depends on the exam.
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From: Al [#8]
1 Mar 16:15
To: patch [#6] 1 Mar 17:25
would you say there is a difference between say a week long £1800 course and some more long term training?
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From: Al [#9]
1 Mar 16:19
To: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#7] 1 Mar 16:24
are those particularly expensive / long winded courses / exams... do you think costs etc should make a difference - or should it be one rule for all kinds of training...
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From: patch [#10]
1 Mar 17:28
To: Al [#8] 1 Mar 18:46
That's quite an expensive one-week course, but otherwise, yes, I'd say there's definitely a difference. But, like I say, none of the companies I've worked for have paid for any training for me.
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From: Killamarshian (HAL9001) [#11]
1 Mar 17:47
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My company paid for my degree including a day off per week for 5 years and there was no clause regarding paying back the fees. Not even talk of paying for exams if I failed. I generally have about 10 days per year on training courses, not talk of fees then either. My main discipline is 3D modelling and engineering.
I thought the above was the norm.
EDITED: 1 Mar 23:19 by HAL9001
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From: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#12]
1 Mar 18:01
To: Al [#9] 1 Mar 18:46
Can be - there's a lot of studying to do an that, most are done within 3-9 months though from what I remember.
In terms of cost, they're normally starting around £2k upwards for the ones that you need for FSA regulated activities.
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From: PNCOOL [#13]
2 Mar 13:20
To: Al [#2] 2 Mar 14:16
I wouldn't know, as 'Jarvis' and 'training' don't exactly go hand-in-hand.
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From: stupidamerican [#14]
5 Mar 18:06
To: Al [#1] 7 Mar 19:13
5 years at IKON North America where I used to work. But that was for college credit only. IT type training, weeklong courses and the such were all free. No repayment necessary.
EDITED: 5 Mar 18:14 by STUPIDAMERICAN
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From: Mouse [#15]
6 Mar 9:19
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Fairly crafty way of keeping employees really.
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