stephanie.sullivan (5/6/2010)

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I've always believed that at least two out of the following need to be present for a person to be happy in their job:
- money
- learning
- interest

If you have a good salary and you're doing something you like then you're comfortable at present
If you're doing something you like and you're learning a lot then you're working towards your future
If you're learning and earning a lot then you're working towards your future and comfortable(-ish) at present

I think it's good for managers to look at what they should be offering you in this context since they'll know the level of salary you're getting, how much training/development you're getting and how much you enjoy the role. If your staff are only getting one out of three things, then adding one of the others should be pretty easy to do and it removes another reason why they might consider leaving.

AspiringGeek-40457 (5/6/2010)

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"The only thing worse than training everyone and having some of them leave is not training any of them and having them all stay."
--Zig Ziglar

As a manager, your job is to get the most productivity that you can from your group. Training is an investment that helps you achieve that aim. Some employees might feel they are worth more money once they are trained, but is that bad? If they are more productive, more skilled, aren't they worth more money? After all, a better trained employee should get more work done, or at least make less mistakes. If they do that, they should be producing more money for the company, so I would think that they would then be more valuable to your department.