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Most employees regularly choose not to go to conferences without having the option of taking $1500 instead. I'd gladly take a $3000/year raise to continue not g
by daveFNbuck 9y ago
Most employees regularly choose not to go to conferences without having the option of taking $1500 instead. I'd gladly take a $3000/year raise to continue not going to 2 conferences every year. If I was instead told that I was going to go to 2 conferences every year as part of my compensation, I'd start looking for new employment.
- ghaff 9y agoThere are a whole lot of companies you don't want to work for then. Few employers will word it quite so explicitly. But I'd say event attendance is an implicit perk at lots of places. Its considered mutually beneficial.
- daveFNbuck 9y agoI'm fine with it being a perk, I meant I'd leave if it became mandatory like those awful company retreat perks.
- ghaff 9y agoI doubt all that many consider company retreats a perk :-) As for events, it really depends on the event and your role. If your job in part involves working with partners, communities, etc. then F2F interactions with many of those people may be important. Many people also enjoy attending such events but they're usually not (and shouldn't be) complete boondoggles.