My employer paid 100% of my tuition for my 2 graduate degrees.
The problem is, after 5,200 dollars in “tuition assitance” from an employer, the government takes 40% of it’
Thusly, after 5,200 dollars of yearly assistance, I only got 60% of my costs covered
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My Dept. VP required that all of us in any level of Supervision/Mgt. would have to earn at least a Masters degree in a field relevant to our discipline.
I earned a 48 hour MBA, doing night classes and Saturdays; Fall, Spring and Summer. The company only ADVANCED the tuition each semester to assist the enrollment process, but then withheld 1/3 of the amount from each of the next three paychecks. Thus, I paid for my own post-grad degree at a private university. .......It’s not the employer’s responsibility to pay for anyone’s education!
It certainly isn’t.
I could have simply taken my talents to another company and had them pay for it. I have been lucky that my skill set keeps me in very high demand and generally employers are competing for my services rather then me competing with others for work.
I had to front the costs of my 2 graduate degrees and was reimbursed 100% of my costs. However the government stole 40% of it beyond $5,200.