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Free education?

Seth Godin recently reminded us that many As Seth points out in his blog post, 

The math here is compelling: if an employee spends the time and effort to learn something, it not only benefits the employee (who gets to keep that knowledge and perspective forever) but it helps the organization as well.

Over time, companies either find smart staff or they fall behind.


Our program is designed to let you continue to work at your job while working on your degree. You can take one or two courses a semester, depending on what works best for you.  

If you’re looking for a job, consider screening potential employers based on whether or not they support educational expenses -- besides being a benefit for you, it speaks volumes about what they think is important.

Which companies reimburse for educational expenses? A scan of companies that provide such information suggests that policies differ wildly, so you’ll have to ask. Here’s the list of companies that provide some level of reimbursement that Seth Godin provides in his blog:

3M

Acuity, Adobe, Aetna, Airbnb,Amazon, Ann Taylor, Anthem, Apple, Applied Materials, Asurion, AT&T

Banana Republic, Bank of America, BestBuy, Boeing, BP, Bristol Myers Squibb

Capital One, Centene, Charles Schwab, Chevron, Chipotle, Chobani, Cisco, Citrix, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Continental

Dell EMC/Software, Deloitte, Disney, Dropbox

Ebay, Edelman, Ernest & Young

FedEx, Ford

Gap, Garmin, GE, GEICO, Genentech, Google

Hallmark Cards, HBO, Hill Holliday, Home Depot, Hubspot, Hyundai Motor America

Intel, Intuit

Johnson & Johnson

Kaiser Permanente, KIND, Kiva, KPMG

LinkedIn

McKinsey, Microsoft

NBA, Nokia, Novartis, Nvidia

Ogilvy, Optum (part of United Health), Oracle, Orlando Magic NBA

Patagonia, Pernod Ricard, PNC Financial Services Group, Price Waterhouse Cooper, Proctor & Gamble

Qualcomm

Raytheon, Red Hat, Reddit

Sam’s Club, Sargent & Lundy, Scholastic, Scotiabank, Shell, Siemens AG, Slack, Smukers, Starbucks

T-Mobile, Target, TELUS, The Kraft Heinz Company, Ticketmaster

UBS, United Health Group, United States Air Force, UPS

Verizon

Walmart, Walt Disney World, Wayfair, Wells Fargo, Whirlpool, Whole Foods

Zillow



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August 19, 2019
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