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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 999668" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Not quite...</p><p></p><p>$3000 a year just made a very small dent in the debt I accumulated while I completed my Graduate work (I would've just preferred to be paid what I was worth and forgo any "tuition reimbursement"). I continued to work to maintain health insurance and to help prevent from getting too far into debt (my wife was making decent money, but no benefits with her line of work). Total value of the Express compensation (wages, benefits, health insurance, etc.) was worth about $25,000 a year to me - and over the time I was a Courier (all part-time), that did add up to a fair amount (which I'm not faced with paying back now). </p><p></p><p>Getting out and about for a few hours a day helped to keep me physically active somewhat to offset all the time I practically lived in the library or my small "student office".</p><p></p><p> The Express tuition reimbursement didn't keep me at Express, it was first the need for health insurance, secondly it was the very part-time nature of the work, thirdly was the fact that the schedule was fixed, so I didn't have to worry about conflicts arising between work and school. </p><p></p><p>I said it before, for someone going to school, working part-time for Express for a few years isn't a "bad gig". HOWEVER, for someone working full-time - it is the worst "gig" imaginable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 999668, member: 22880"] Not quite... $3000 a year just made a very small dent in the debt I accumulated while I completed my Graduate work (I would've just preferred to be paid what I was worth and forgo any "tuition reimbursement"). I continued to work to maintain health insurance and to help prevent from getting too far into debt (my wife was making decent money, but no benefits with her line of work). Total value of the Express compensation (wages, benefits, health insurance, etc.) was worth about $25,000 a year to me - and over the time I was a Courier (all part-time), that did add up to a fair amount (which I'm not faced with paying back now). Getting out and about for a few hours a day helped to keep me physically active somewhat to offset all the time I practically lived in the library or my small "student office". The Express tuition reimbursement didn't keep me at Express, it was first the need for health insurance, secondly it was the very part-time nature of the work, thirdly was the fact that the schedule was fixed, so I didn't have to worry about conflicts arising between work and school. I said it before, for someone going to school, working part-time for Express for a few years isn't a "bad gig". HOWEVER, for someone working full-time - it is the worst "gig" imaginable. [/QUOTE]
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