Erica Said:

If you are an employee, would you be prepared to pay for a training course out of your own pocket?

We Answered:

Companies should (and many do) pay for related training, that helps you do your work better. However they shouldn't have to pay for training in a different area of interest. If you have no business related need to know html5, it makes as much sense for them to pay for that as it would for a cooking class or ballroom dancing. If it improves your ability to do your work, they pay. If if improves your career prospects, you pay