My first response is "I get educated so I can work", not the other way around. Nobody paid my college tuition except me. Education makes me employable, and so it's my responsibility and nobody else's.

On the other hand, the company benefits from your abilities. (You benefit from them in that you have a job and earn a wage).

In your case, I think the main question at the heart of this is:

Do you feel that things that are good for the company are good for you?

I've worked at some places where I can answer that question "yes" (my current employer is on this list) and other places where I felt like that answer would be "no".

If you answer that question "yes", then you should be glad that you ARE qualified and that you can help your company win some work, because that will ultimately be good for you.

If you answer that question "no", then I understand how you wonder if the company should benefit from your own efforts while you seem to get nothing in return. If that's how you feel, I suggest you find another employer, because you are not ever going to feel good about your current employer.

In reply to Re: Disapointed at work by husker
in thread Disapointed at work by monsieur_champs

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