No need to be snarky! Community colleges are far from just vocational schools.
A lot of people who work warehouse-type jobs don't have any additional money available for school. This program is an incentive to attract people who are likely to stick around at Amazon while their education is paid for. It self-selects for people willing to work harder to get ahead and my anecdotal evidence is that tuition reimbursement increases company loyalty.
$2k/year may not seem like much, but when your only other option is to work yet another job to pay for the education, or not get the education at all, then it's a huge benefit.
I have always recommended that people take advantage of tuition reimbursement: the benefit is there, why not use it? There is typically no downside, other than you have less free time. The upsides are obvious.
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No need to be snarky! Community colleges are far from just vocational schools.
A lot of people who work warehouse-type jobs don't have any additional money available for school. This program is an incentive to attract people who are likely to stick around at Amazon while their education is paid for. It self-selects for people willing to work harder to get ahead and my anecdotal evidence is that tuition reimbursement increases company loyalty.
$2k/year may not seem like much, but when your only other option is to work yet another job to pay for the education, or not get the education at all, then it's a huge benefit.
I have always recommended that people take advantage of tuition reimbursement: the benefit is there, why not use it? There is typically no downside, other than you have less free time. The upsides are obvious.