by Brakey
mrsadventure wrote:The school has still provided the service to the student and still has to pay for the facility, advertising, instructors, etc. The railroad doesnt give us a refund.I originally hired out on CSX back in February of 2000. I had to attend one of these "schools" also. I was in the class for Grand Rapids, MI, and had to pay Owens Community College in Toledo, OH for the class, which was held there. My cost was around $5000 for the school, along with 5 weeks of hotel time that I had to foot the bill for because Grand Rapids (which at that time I was living 70 miles north of GR anyway) is too far for a daily commute to Toledo.
Pay for the facility? How many people have you had come through this program? I don't care if they graduated or not, because graduation day or not, you made $4500 per head. Instructors? I understand that also. Why are you paying an instructor $10,000 a month (I thought I remember seeing that in an earlier post, I could be wrong)? Are these your own instructors, or are they "rent an instructor" from your class 1 railroad like mine was?
I agree with almost everyone here, that is too much money to spend on "possibly" getting a job with a CERTIFICATE, not a degree, mind you, that is useless anywhere else. An associate's, bachelor's , and masters degree will get you a job almost anywhere just because its a degree, even if its in a non related field, which I think is a bunch of crap. I got beat out for a yardmaster's position by a guy who had a degree in visual communication, but knew nothing about railroad operations....can you say that that is perfectly JUST OK in your mind?