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Ask your employer to pay for training or a course

You've found the perfect course but it costs money and time. Get a short business case that shows what your employer gets back.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me ask my employer to pay for training or a course.

The course: [name, provider, link]
Cost and time: [fees, days, study hours]
How it helps my role: [skills, problems it solves]
How it helps the team or business: [details]
How my work would be covered: [details]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A request email under 150 words.
2. A one-paragraph business case: the problem, the course, the benefit, the cost and time.
3. Answers to "what if you leave after?" and "can you do it in your own time?".
4. A plan for sharing what I learn with the team.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. name, provider, link: a short note you already have. fees, days, study hours: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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