complexintentions wrote:SuperchargedRS wrote:
Bonds, well not many other professions require you to pay for a job, so bonds are really for suckers and paying a bond is being part of the problem in our industry, not being part of the solution.
Errr...many fields that involve an employer footing the bill for training/education come with contracts that stipulate minimum time of service expected and the financial penalties if not adhered to.
For example, the Canadian military comes to mind. Surely those officers getting degrees at RMC on the Queen's dime aren't part of the problem?
Don't like the terms of a contract, negotiate it or don't sign it. "Bonds are really for suckers" is kind of an immature view of the way the business world works.
The queen personally cuts a check for their tuition? God bless her heart!.... Or is it stolen out of the people's pay checks?
Back to the subject,
How is it immature to not be taken advantage of?
The company I work for invested a considerable amount of money in my training and relocation costs, I signed that I would stay for atleast a year, which wasn't a issue because my job isn't one that has high turnover because of the QOL it provides.
That said if they would have asked me to pay for the privilege of
working for them I would have told them to pound sand, luckily being a good and independtly successful company they don't play the training bond game.
Same lines, if you can't find a job, PM me and I'll set you up, I'll let you get an occasional hour in my amphib, I'll teach you to dig holes, when you're not flying the plane (which will be 98% of the time) you'll mow my lawn, rake pine needles, wash the plane and build fences, ofcourse if you don't already have years of experience in the above areas I'll need a $5,000 training bond, which will be paid back to you in 5 years at 0% interest, presuming I don't fire you first. Oh yes, no phone calls and you pay will be based on as little as I can legally pay you, uh, I mean based on experience