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Can anyone share Mutual Fund schemes in their Portfolio?
I am a newbie and planning to start investing via SIP's in MF ( Around 4-5 SIP's of 10k each)
Thanks in advance.
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I’d take the courses to build up your skill set and resume and then get out of there.
Good luck with the job hunt!
Oh dear
You're being given an opportunity to increase your knowledge and qualifications into an area that is linked to your core skills.
Purely for doing that, you are being offered additional pay.
So far so good.
You've missed the boat on the great resignation and think somehow your employer is responsible for this.
You've got other issues with your employer that are affecting the way you view this opportunity.
You're looking for another job anyway.
So far so nobody else's problem but yours.
If the job sucks, leave. If the management sucks, leave.
If you haven't left yet, maybe the grass over that there fence isn't as green as you think it is.
Take the courses. Learn something new. Take the money. Ask for more.
"Sure. If this is going to be my top priority between now and Jan 1, then some of my other deadlines may be delayed. Is that OK?" Also, "4 Udemy courses" is vague - some are 2 hours long and some are 60. As for the 2k raise, are the number of hours you're working in a week increasing? If not, then you're being paid more to do the same amount of work.
Yes, a 2k raise is not that much in today's economy, but if it's on top of a regular annual increase, then it's incentive pay and shouldn't be considered your annual raise. I would check to ensure that this 2k won't reduce or eliminate your normal annual increase.
If you do IT work, you're expected to learn the skills needed to do your job. I think it reasonable for SEO to fall under the umbrella of frontend and UX work, but I could be off-base there.
As a senior developer, I'm asked to learn new services, software, or technology all the time because that's what's being used on a project, and I don't expect a raise for it. Regular learning is part of working in any job.
It sounds like your issue is with the company and not this specific thing. If you tell your manager, "I don't have time to do this along with my other scheduled work and still meet my deadlines" and they ignore you, that's a different problem. As DM1 said below, "If the job sucks, leave. If the management sucks, leave. If you haven't left yet, maybe the grass over that there fence isn't as green as you think it is."
Take the courses and go somewhere else :)