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No more training bonus

I’ve worked for my current job for 5 1/2 years. In that time we have gone from private ownership to corporate (about 4 years ago). I never saw any major changes, things continued as is for the most part. Now, suddenly there are so many changes at once. They are “revamping” the job title tier system for support staff, including raises for many of us. This is awesome, BUT I found out that they will be discontinuing any bonuses for people who train new employees. This has always been standard, because it’s 2-3 weeks of really intense work on the trainers part. They are trying to justify it by saying the hourly increase will now have training rolled into that jobs description and expectation. So technically any of us can be required to train new employees over and over again as the “expectation” for that role, with a measly dollar…


I’ve worked for my current job for 5 1/2 years. In that time we have gone from private ownership to corporate (about 4 years ago). I never saw any major changes, things continued as is for the most part. Now, suddenly there are so many changes at once. They are “revamping” the job title tier system for support staff, including raises for many of us. This is awesome, BUT I found out that they will be discontinuing any bonuses for people who train new employees. This has always been standard, because it’s 2-3 weeks of really intense work on the trainers part. They are trying to justify it by saying the hourly increase will now have training rolled into that jobs description and expectation. So technically any of us can be required to train new employees over and over again as the “expectation” for that role, with a measly dollar extra an hour instead of a lump sum. I’m so pissed off. It MIGHT even out for a single trainee, but not for multiple. The lump sum was a great incentive to help develop a good coworker and in my mind a fair compensation for the work.

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