I have to spend the next few days in a training programme for a very specific qualification I need for my job. It's very much a tick-the-boxes thing but I need to pass the external trainer's assessment to get a promotion at work. I don't want to say more because it could be outing etc. I paid for it about £1000.
It's in-person, in a diff city. The first day was yesterday.
The trainers suck. Really I came in with a good attitude but the two trainers clearly don't know the material and are winging it, acting surprised as they move through the slides.
Obnoxiously, when asked specific questions about the cousework worksheets, they've not even looked at the course material.
Instead of just saying, "I don't know, let me look into that," they're trying to bluster through with goofy jokes and patronising platitudes like "really you have to look at the big picture..."
Another stupid thing is that they've recorded a significant part of the session, including all of us standing and speaking, which they'll share with other students. That was a last-minute decision on their part. Their idea of obtaining consent was saying, "None of you minds, do you? No one is in the witness protection programme lol? Okay good.." I mean, I don't mind at all, but how stupid is that?
I will make a complaint but for now I really need to keep my head down and just get the qualification. It'll be worth it.
Any tips to keep me from rolling my eyes and shuffling my feet and generally just giving myself aneurysms today? Maybe I'll play Sucky Trainer Bingo.