Corporate Universities: Employees Getting Paid to Study

While it’s not unheard of for a company to send its employees offsite for training on particular jobs, it’s a bit more abnormal for a company to pay its employees to study at the office... on a regular weekly basis.  But that’s just what PostcardMania is doing – offering courses in technical processes, communication, customer service and even better study methods.  The purpose: increased customer satisfaction.  The byproduct: happier employees.

For some time now, PostcardMania University has been working hard to ensure employees had the chance to study during work time.  To help with the expense, PostcardMania has been awarded corporate training grants from Pinellas County via the Worker Training Program which is funded by the Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and administered by Workforce, Florida, Inc.  Training grants up to half of a company’s yearly costs are being rewarded to help companies train their employees in order to stabilize the local workforce and ensure more job security.

“By taking the training courses, I have a much better grasp of the fundamentals of my job and the philosophy that our company is based on,” said Brian Saxon, PostcardMania’s Design Support Manager. “It also shows that our management truly cares about the people that work here by helping them grow in their positions and acquire new skills, which in turn fosters a deeper loyalty to our management and the company as a whole.”

For more information on corporate training grants, visit www.workforceflorida.com.

About PostcardMania:

PostcardMania is a full service postcard direct mail marketing company which includes graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition and mailing services with free marketing advice.  They print 4 million and mail 2 million postcards each week representing over 33,000 clients in more than 350 industries nationwide.  Visit www.postcardmania.com

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