Spent $300 on a 'leadership training' my boss forced me to take, total garbage

My manager made the whole team sign up for this online leadership course last quarter. I told her I'm not a manager and don't want to be one, but she said it would 'build initiative'. Cost me $300 out of pocket since she said the budget was tight and we had to pay upfront then get reimbursed. I still haven't seen a dime back 6 months later. The course was just a bunch of motivational quotes and a guy talking about his yacht. Has anyone else had their boss push useless paid training on you and then ghost on the reimbursement?

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the_sandra15d ago

Got stuck in a three day "energy alignment" thing my old boss paid for. The guy running it made us do trust falls into a foam pit while he played whale sounds. Still not sure what that had to do with my spreadsheet job.

the_susan15d ago

Oh jeez, it's not like you were defusing a bomb.

fisher.reese15d ago

Whoa, hold on. I mean yeah the reimbursement thing is definitely shady on your boss, but leadership training can actually be useful even if you're not a manager. Learning how to influence people and communicate better helps in any job. Sucks about the money though, that part is totally on your company.

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