From: Gannon, Stephen [IT] (stephen.gannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Apr 16 2002 - 13:49:36 GMT-3
For those in the US. You could write off the expense of the failed attempts
as unreimbursed business expenses on your federal income tax. That would
recover some of the cost.
SG
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Morris [mailto:swm@emanon.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:07 PM
To: 'Antonio Marfil'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: How much did your employer pay?
Everybody's employers are going to be different.
When I was first doing this, I was CIO at a company. I was the one who
created a policy that the company will pay for the PASSED exam fees for all
certifications. Whether MCSE, CCNA, CCNP or CCIE the policy was the same.
So whenever I would fail something, I got to eat the cost myself. Policy is
policy.
>From your company's standpoint, hopefully they have a set policy in place.
>From your standpoint, if they don't, I would be looking at the "why" for the
CCIE. Did they tell you that you had to get this? Did they want you to?
Do they get a monetary benefit from you having it?
If there is no set policy (applicable to everyone), and the answer to those
questions is yes at all, then I would say you have a strong case for getting
your failed attempts paid for as well.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Antonio Marfil
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:17 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: How much did your employer pay?
I'm arranging my certification expense report for my employer with hopes of
being reimbursed for the whole amount and I've been told that my failed
attempts won't be covered. It took me three tries to pass the CCIE, I
failed twice and finally passed on March 22nd.
Have most of the aspiring CCIEs or certified CCIEs on this last been
reimbursed for there failed attempts?
Is there a link on the internet showing what the average cost of CCIE
certification to an employer is? My TOTAL expense report was for $5850
(including failed attempts) and I have a feeling this is way below the
average.
Some things I didn't bother expensing were the cost of the rack ($7000),
travel, hotel, meals and books. Have most of you included these?
Your help and advice would be much appreciated!
--Regards,
Antonio Marfil, CCIE #9011 Senior Network Engineer
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