For me, all of the training, books, coffee, gym memberships, subway passes. etc are optional.
If the company does not pay for them, they are going to have to pay me enough extra to pay for them myself. Which means extra taxes and ss costs, which they are also going to have to pay. Same with the portion of the health insurance cost born by the employer vs me. If they don't pay it, I _have_ to. The more they pay for me that I would have paid for myself, the lower the yearly comp can be. It comes out of their pocket either way. The difference is, for me, the more they pick up, the better I feel about them as an employer. I get a little of that paternal feel-goodness that I like to have from my company. Others, though, feel exactly the opposite, and just want the money left on the dresser as you leave. Different employment styles. The real question is: what do you, as an employer, want your employees to feel towards you? Any loyalty? Any paternal feelings? Anything other than a cash transaction? The relationship is a two-way street, and the benefits, and how you offer and handle them (is it easy for the employee, or is it hard to take advantage of the benefit) sets much of the tone in the relationship. The types of things the company picks up the tab for tells me a lot about their priorities. If they pay for training, training is important to them, and they are interested in having you grow. This comes along with an assumption they are not intentionally grooming you for your next job, so they are interested in retaining you long-term. If they pick up books, same thing. Are you still using Windows 95 on 486s? Does your chair hurt? Do they expect you to do something exciting on the weekend, and have a life, or are you on-call 24-7? Do they pay for health clubs? Do they have a shower available? The types of perks, as much as the cost of them, tell a lot about a company. Both good and bad. If a company is giving away perks that are too expensive, or that no one wants, that might not indicate the sharpest set of businesspeople above you. On 10/3/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Training costs are a biggie that I forgot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216644 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
