Training - A Company or a Worker's Responsibility? 709
r0wan asks: "I'm currently working as a Microsoft Systems Administrator. Through a series of bungled management decisions, have found myself responsible for a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory network, that I know nothing about (the person who was sent for training was: not the Microsoft point person, as I was; and left the company, soon after the domain upgrade). It doesn't look as though training will be forthcoming, and I've just been moved from the lab, where I was training myself while simultaneously handling the domain. I've got the MCSA/MCSE Training Kit, but recently I've found
numerous errors, so many that I was sent a free Press Kit book, for submitting all of the errors I had found. Between management's reluctance to shell out for training, and being moved from the lab, I'm getting the distinct sense that training is something I'm expected to take care of, on my own time. Is this the de-facto standard within IT, and for all jobs within IT? If so, how do you Slashdot readers keep up with your continuing education, while still maintaining a personal life? Is it naive to try to leave my work at work?"
"I'm especially interested in hearing from the Slashdot readers of the female persuasion, as I have a husband, a dog, and a household to keep up with (no kids by choice, but I wouldn't have the time to take care of them, even if I wanted to). I also have the added responsibility of being the primary breadwinner. My free time is valuable in that it allows me to take care of that which I can't during the day (grocery shopping, dog responsibilities, cleaning, etc), and decompress/de-stress in order to prepare for the next day's work. I like tinkering with computers and learning new stuff, but I fear that if I'm expected train myself, outside of work, I may need to consider a different career.
Thanks in advance for the input."
Normal for my employer (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Normal for my employer (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Normal for my employer (Score:5, Funny)
Why does a mushroom need to know what day it is?
Funny story. (Score:5, Funny)
Your question implies a misunderstanding.
Re: Funny story. (Score:4, Funny)
> Your question implies a misunderstanding.
Education, personal life, Slashdot - choose two.[*]
[*] Slashdot counts as two choices.
IN CAPITALIST AMERICA... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:He's discovering reality. Isn't it cute? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Oddly enough... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:But who does it really benefit? (Score:3, Funny)
Kinda like working QA for a brothel.
That job has got to suck - 90% of the time, the user forgot to 'plug it in'.
Re:Okay, you asked for it...a female perspective! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Okay, you asked for it...a female perspective! (Score:2, Funny)
Let's be honest, when you do meet that woman, she's hardly going to interested in you, is she?
Re:Okay, you asked for it...a female perspective! (Score:4, Funny)
Or maybe he just means "I can't find the butter, so I'm going to ask for help even though the heinous war-bitch I accidentally married is going to launch into a diatribe about how I'm trying to oppress her and deny her inner goddess. Please, Lord, just let her help me find the butter without telling me that the patri-fascist corporate hegemony trained me to hate women, and why my mother was a sellout enabler for putting up with my insensitive ass for 18 years."
I think that's the more likely explanation: Occam's Razor and all that.