Mitch, I don't understand why a boss is so afraid of losing an employee. In my opinion a boss's core job is to enable the employees to do their job. If an employee excels so well that they become distinguished and reach CCIE level, then you are exceling as a boss (leader). I don't see any advantage of supressing employees as your boss is doing because ultimately you will obtain your CCIE and end up hating your boss for not supporting you. In the end you will end up leaving for another company if your skillset demands a salary range your current employers is unable to match.
Your boss would be wise to add the funds for your CCIE training to the budget and make you sign an agreement to pay back the funds if you leave before x amount of years. -Justin On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mitch Peterson < [email protected]> wrote: > I know this isn't directly related to the studying for my IE. However, I > figured you guys were the best group to ask this question since a few have > you may have gone though something similar. > > I'm putting together my portion of the budget for the next years department > budget. I've put a CCIE bootcamp class in as well as my lab fees. My boss > is pushing back on this saying that they can't justify having a CCIE on > staff. He seems to have bought into the hype that CCIEs make ungodly sums > of money and that he wouldn't be able to keep me on staff because he thinks > I'm going to ask for $100K or more. Anyway, how can I explain that not only > is it worth it to have a CCIE on staff but it behooves them to assist in > paying for training. My take is that since I'm responsible for about 700 > remote sites as well as the corporate office, I think that justifies it in > an of itself. > > Thanks, > Mitch > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > >
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