Yesterday I told my boss I needed to talk to him and then I told him I wasn’t sure what kind of message he was trying to send in talking about my job six to nine months down the road, but I wasn’t going to relocated and I wouldn’t feel comfortable having the company pay for my training if we were going to part ways. I think it seemed abrupt to him.

In the summer when I was talking to someone about my current job and my future career and how a different baccalaureate degree could help me get a position that I did not think I could get with my present company–but believed my company would pay for, per their policy–he advised me personally not to do such a thing. Even if the company would pay, by dint of some policy, he said I should consider if I wanted to take their money knowing full well I wasn’t going to use the training for their benefit.

I realized I agreed with him, and I had for a while been turning this idea over in my head to see if I could find a way to make it look appealing and justified. Now this present training I am trying to get paid for is not four years of college, but I found myself thinking that if the future of my job was in doubt I really needed to make sure I secured this training now to establish my future career.

But my boss said he sees my future role as a resource for all sites; special reinforcements or general substitution,  whatever may be needed. I can readily picture what that job will be like.