The most beneficial training I have received as an employee is where I currently work now. I work at a non profit organization in Corvallis. Some of the first training I did was an online training program that was interactive and very information. It went over the companies mission and how to be an advocate. Other training occurred as I continued working, little things I would learn as time went on and as projects came up. I appreciated this form of training a lot because it made me feel like I was learning new things frequently. However, I have had jobs where the training was very poor and this was in the retail industry. The training occurred all at once and I didn’t learn anything after it was over. The job became very repetitive and boring, after a while the negatives of the job started to out way the benefits. In one of our readings this week, we looked into Walmart and their trainings and in the article it stated “Other researchers say what many Walmart workers need most is not training, but higher wages. The training programs, they say, may be helpful in enhancing employee loyalty and performance, but increasing pay would benefit the workers most.” (Corkery, M.) After reading this statement I came to the conclusion that one of the reasons the training wasn’t beneficial for my old retail job was because I stopped learning, but their was also no area to improve, which meant no increase in pay. The training in my current job is great because I have opportunities to learn more and possibly get paid more. Which is how most organizations should be. With trainings I think for them to be beneficial the training or learning should continue. For training to be beneficial to me, I have to come out of it with some kind of reward, whether that be learning something new, new opportunities, or increase pay.
Corkery, M. (2017, August 8). At Walmart Academy, Training Better Managers. but with a better future? The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/business/walmart-academy-employee-training.html
