Training at work, good arguments , please?

Question

There is a new restructure at work and management have suggested that if staff is interested into new jobs they will be happy to support their training.
After a long search I found the prefect part -time course for environmental issues which will be a new department in my work.
I got through a long process for my application and I was accepted in college , the problem is I need my company to support me as study leave and financially.
They are normally quite good and they give you up 70% of the fees .
But I've just got news that they won't give me the time off or the money as it has nothing to do with my job.It is all a contradiction to me as this is not true. Does anybody has good agruments for me to go to H.R for a second chance?

Answer 1

It is difficult i think unless you can prove that the course will be beneficial to your current job rather than one that is going to open in the future (if i have read correctly that is). I don't know why companies do this they encourge you to learn but then let you down at the last minute. I would personally make a bullet point list or something similar to prove how this will be beneficial to your job and how it will improve the company.

Good Luck,

Answer 2

In my opinion your only argument really is that the qualification will be of benefit to them once you have finished the course because you will add more to the business. But this argument only really holds water if they have vacancies in that field and they think you are suitable to progress into that particular role. After your long search you found a course that YOU think is perfect but they might not feel the same way - well obviously they don't. The better way perhaps to approach it is to tell them how much you want to take on extra study to progress your career and ask for them to give you some guidance as to what THEY think is the perfect course and what they would be prepared to contribute towards. If you are enthusiastic and ambitious it's obviously a good quality and any decent employer should want to see you progressing - the fact they suggested they will support training indicates as much. At the end of the day they are not obliged to cover your fees or give you study leave so it has to fit in with their plans for the business. It isn't a contradiction on their part, ie I work in construction, why would my employer pay for me to study a course in flower arranging? OK so that is taking the example to an extreme but you get my drift. Good luck.

Answer 3

You all ready have been told what the restructure will consist of, I suggest you write up a paper giving your reasons to the firm , why you think that if you go on this course, it be benificial to the firm for you to have this knowledge, if you ask what am I to write in this letter, just think of why you have questioned thier decision and put these reasons down, present it to them asking if they will be willing to discuss the pionts raised, if they do , they may give answers which will satisfy you to think of another line in which you can look for retraining in.

Answer 4

If you were that valued in the company then I figured they would be willing to support you in your education if that is what you felt you needed to do to complete yourself, forget the job. If they don't want to support you on that, maybe something else outweighs your value and there are other considerations. If they figure you won't go and they keep all the money if they don't help you, why would they?

Answer 5

Explain that it actually is germane to the job, as it will support the new department which the company is generating

Answer 6

"I think, therefore I am!" Is a pretty good argument. Sorry, I only read the title.