I learned something today

What I've learned is that, as free labor, I should never ask questions at work. These questions result in more work. If you don't understand, consider this:

My job at COWS is to write a small policy recommendation for how companies can alter tuition reimbursement policies to make them more applicable to contract division worker training. What this means, is that sometimes businesses in Wisconsin contract with technical colleges to provide very specific training for their workers. This could be basic, technical, or soft skills (management type), training. Tuition reimbursement programs don't cover this type of training. Either the businesses pay all of the costs, or they pay overhead and the employees will pay the entire tuition. If it were a standard class towards a degree or certification, the tuition reimbursement programs typically would cover some of the employee costs. We've come up with a good way to change this policy. So, I ask my bosses this simple question: "Do we know how often tuition reimbursement programs of the participating companies are utilized? With that information, we could better illustrate the potential of such programs." Now, I've got a survey about all sorts of aspects of job training and tuition reimbursement to put together. I've also got a new paper to work on about other types of job training programs. I'm taking Social Welfare Policy and Management this semester. We've been focusing on human capital development for the past three weeks and it is about to drive me crazy.

Too much workforce development makes Brendon something, something.