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		Someone1234 on Feb 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Top 20 Employee Benefits and Perks (as Measured by... > Why not just provide $30/month extra salary? It is a training stipend. The company benefits more from you learning new things than they do by providing you $30 cash. I will say books only seems restrictive. Pluralsight has nice training material in video form, and other places are doing interesting weekend courses, why is dead paper the only method of learning to these companies?

cballard on Feb 8, 2016 [–]

Why would this be provided as a stipend instead of as an expense?

If you're completing the training on company time, it's just another expense. If you're expected to do it on your own time, how is this a perk?

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