The college was great, intensive courses and they expected long hours, but better than any training I got after.
Problem was the training budgets were cut every year as part of spending reviews to cut waste. A brilliant 9 day course was finally reduced to 3 days before it was cancelled (Parliament, Government and the Civil service - for fast streamers and private sector senior management entries).
In the end I only got training on how to write the latest version of performance reviews and new IT. So I ended up with a need to prove I'd done x hours CPD per year to get a new job or promotion but no money or time for courses.
And part of my unpaid overtime was a result of me running my own courses for my staff so they didn't suffer.
Tiggy
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2026-01-18 20:18:42 UTC
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