I was very sceptical when I was first asked to do a Microsoft Office CBT. My company have not done courses like this before and they wanted a small group of us to have a go as a trial to see whether it was something which we felt the company would be wise to swap over to, rather than the more conventional style of courses that they tend to do a lot of. It seemed like a big responsibility to me, to be testing something which could effect the way the company do their training in the future. However, once I started the CBT training it was obvious to me that this was far superior to any type of training that I had done in the past and I therefore had no problem in recommended it for everyone to do. It was not only fun and easy to do but it was convenient and great to be able to move at your own pace and repeat parts that you did not fully understand. I ended up being really pleased that they asked me to do it and I was especially happy when all of the other people who did the course, also felt that it suited them as well.
My company has just bought some new PC dignostics software and I am wondering why they have done it really. Obviously there is a need for this sort of thing and we do not have any software at the moment for it. However, we are in the middle of a recession and I would rather my company hold back on spending and not cut any more jobs. They have already made some people redundant and the rest of us are very nervous. Every time new things are purchased we get worried that they may need to cut costs elsewhere to pay for those purchases and some more of us may lose our jobs. It may seem a bit silly as PC disgnostics software is not the dear but we are all so jumpy at the moment, we even send all mail out second class to try to save the company money and preserve our jobs. Some people have started bringing pens and scrap paper in from home and people have become far less wasteful with things. We even try to keep our desk areas tidy so that they may be able to cut the amount of cleaning staff that they have. They are small changes but e hope that they will all add up and help to preserve our jobs.