Tighten the Belts
Word from On High (that is, the HR department) has arrived, and it’s not happy. They have decided that since a Masters isn’t required for my current position, they won’t fund any of it. Boo.
I get where they are coming from, in that they don’t want to set the precedent that they fund any random extra education an employee wants that’s not necessary for their job, but I’m still sad that they won’t even cover a small percentage when the degree I’m going for is directly related to what I do now and the direction that the company wants to grow into in the future. I was never expecting the 100% coverage offered for “normal” training courses, but a token would have been nice. As long as I don’t get any requests to do something for the company using my school work/connections for the next few years I can live with that. ^_~
Oh well, I’m obviously still going forward with the plan and will be starting classes in a month. It’ll just require some shuffling around financially, and may take a touch longer depending on tuition costs for each semester as I go along.
This past week marked the 3-year anniversary of our mortgage, which signifies an end to paying for the bank’s SNAFU last year involving our property taxes, which results in a lower payment overall, so the remainder can be directed to other debt and tuition. Unfortunately, it’s still too far out from our renewal date (2 years) to be able to get a better deal.
Time for budget cutbacks and eating rice and beans. Except I can’t eat that*, so budget cutbacks and eating thousands of turnips.
*cut from my diet along with all grains (minimal rice) and other legumes
~ Originally post on my blog ♪ ♥ ♫