[thelist] IT training costs

[Daniel J. Cody]

"Czechowski, Aaron" wrote:
> 
>         There is a lot of discussion around here lately about training (as
> in professional employee training) - currently we have no training budget
> but our superiors realize the need to add that in.  So they're asking us to
> provide them with conferences, classes, etc that we might want to attend
> with all the corresponding travel & lodging expenses.
>         No problems there, but I'm wondering - what sort of budgets to ya'll
> have for employee training?  Per person?  One person here said that the IT
> industry standard is $3000 per person per year.  Does that sound accurate?
> Any experiences/thoughts/comments would be appreciated.

Ya, $2000 - $3000 per year is a pretty average number, and should let
you get some good education.. Don't let the managment give you the 'if
we train them, they'll just go get better jobs line either' :)

.djc.