Was This Fair?

[smithy_2045]

It's perfectly fair.

 

[vxicepickxv]

It's perfectly fair.

It would be fair if THEY paid for the degree. When he entered the IT workforce, there wasn't a demand for people to get a degree that didn't exist. He got a job on the conditions that he would do it to the best of his ability. Obviously he did his job well enough if they didn't fire him after doing it for 25 years.

Company based networks didn't really exist for most businesses until the late 80's early 90's. Colleges didn't have a demand for IT schooling, so most of them didn't offer a degree. If you've been doing a job for 25 years, then YES, it was a complete waste of his time.

 

[smithy_2045]

It's perfectly fair.

It would be fair if THEY paid for the degree. When he entered the IT workforce, there wasn't a demand for people to get a degree that didn't exist. He got a job on the conditions that he would do it to the best of his ability. Obviously he did his job well enough if they didn't fire him after doing it for 25 years.

Company based networks didn't really exist for most businesses until the late 80's early 90's. Colleges didn't have a demand for IT schooling, so most of them didn't offer a degree. If you've been doing a job for 25 years, then YES, it was a complete waste of his time.

The pay rise will cover the costs fairly quickly, and if it doesn't, he's an idiot for doing the course in the first place.

 

[vxicepickxv]

It's perfectly fair.

It would be fair if THEY paid for the degree. When he entered the IT workforce, there wasn't a demand for people to get a degree that didn't exist. He got a job on the conditions that he would do it to the best of his ability. Obviously he did his job well enough if they didn't fire him after doing it for 25 years.

Company based networks didn't really exist for most businesses until the late 80's early 90's. Colleges didn't have a demand for IT schooling, so most of them didn't offer a degree. If you've been doing a job for 25 years, then YES, it was a complete waste of his time.

The pay rise will cover the costs fairly quickly, and if it doesn't, he's an idiot for doing the course in the first place.

He's an idiot for doing something that means he won't get fired? I'm kind of missing your logic on that one. I guess compared to zero keeping your job is a pay raise.

 

[smithy_2045]

It's perfectly fair.

It would be fair if THEY paid for the degree. When he entered the IT workforce, there wasn't a demand for people to get a degree that didn't exist. He got a job on the conditions that he would do it to the best of his ability. Obviously he did his job well enough if they didn't fire him after doing it for 25 years.

Company based networks didn't really exist for most businesses until the late 80's early 90's. Colleges didn't have a demand for IT schooling, so most of them didn't offer a degree. If you've been doing a job for 25 years, then YES, it was a complete waste of his time.

The pay rise will cover the costs fairly quickly, and if it doesn't, he's an idiot for doing the course in the first place.

He's an idiot for doing something that means he won't get fired? I'm kind of missing your logic on that one. I guess compared to zero keeping your job is a pay raise.

his boss told him he was now required to finish University if he was going to climb higher.

Nothing about getting fired.