10/16/2026
Plenty of employers will help pay for a degree or a certificate, and the benefit often sits unused because nobody asks.
Ask HR whether your company offers tuition assistance or reimbursement, and what it covers. That is the whole conversation. Nobody needs to hear your five-year plan.
If the answer is yes, bring the program page and the session dates to the next meeting. If the answer is no, you have lost five minutes.
Save this for the next time you are in the HR portal anyway.