Laboratory Owners Speak Out On Employee Policies
Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Management
LMT's survey--based on responses from 176 owners and managers--addresses Daichman's inquiry.
Continuing Education Reimbursement
How many times has this happened to you? You just paid for a promising technician to take an expensive course on a new technique and, two weeks later, you find out he's leaving to open a lab across town.
The majority of respondents--82%--don't have a policy requiring repayment of continuing education costs if a technician leaves soon after taking a course, and many point out they can't let the fear of training their future competition stop them from investing in their staffs.
However, others try to protect themselves from losing training dollars on technicians who don't have a long-term commitment to their laboratories. "When we send an employee to a course that costs several thousand dollars, we will first ask him to commit to a length of time with our lab," says Jason Garanzuay, Authentic...
