On 9 April 2013 07:11, swierckxlists <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Pierre, > > What also might work is to propose a contract where it is stipulated that > you will refund a part of the cost should you leave the company within a > given time frame (e.g. 100% if you leave within a year, 50% for 2 years > etc.), this way management is sure the investment (training should always > be sold to management as investment) will pay off or be paid back ... > > greets > > A slight variation that I used with a company where they didn't think security was important was that I paid for the course but then whenever they wanted me to do anything related to what I'd learnt on the course they paid me a "bonus" for that work. For them they had no initial outlay and if they were right they didn't have to pay anything, for me, I knew that they would use me and it meant I wasn't tied in. I also got local grant funding for the training but didn't tell them that so we negotiated rates based on full course price. Robin > > On 9/04/2013 5:16, Michael Allen wrote: > > Hi Pierre, > Not sure of your situation. However what worked for me was volunteering to > cover a part of the cost. The training budget got cut. I really wanted to > do the course and so I made them an offer, It worked for me. > Regards, > Michael > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Pierre Wills <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I have already talked to my direct management and they are all for >> sending me to SANS Fire 2013 in Washington, DC. The only issue now is >> that I have to convince upper management that it is worth it to pay for me >> to go to the training. The class I am taking is SEC506 Securing >> Unix/Linux and considering our environment is 97% Linux it should be a no >> brainer. But I was wondering if anyone could help provided me with some >> bullet points I can use in my write up to help convince upper management to >> pay for the course. The company I work for is a contacting company >> mostly to the Federal Government with some Private Industry so anything >> related to the Federal Government would be great. >> >> Thanks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > > > > -- > Michael Allen| Security Consultant > CEH, OSCP, GPEN, GWAPT, GCIA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing > [email protected]http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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