Lower costs for in-house training

Lower costs for in-house trainingWith the help of trainers, companies manage to keep its staff working effectively and also to save few thousand euros on a monthly basis. Is the cost cutting the only advantage for companies that resort to in-house training? What are the drawbacks arising from internal training?

“A company that relies only on in-house training is definitely a winner in terms of costs”, Anca Florea with Trend Consult told Wall-Street.

The existent employee nominated as a trainer receives a fixed monthly paycheck that can amount up to 1,000-1,500 euros net, regardless to the number of classes of professional training he teaches. For a two-day training course, with 12-15 trainees, the companies will have to pay about 1,500-2,000 euros, but in some cases, it can be more expensive, up to 5,000 euros.

Thus, if the employer sends 30 of his employees at a two-day external training course, he will spend around 3,000-4,000 euros. If the same training program was offered by an existing employee, the company would spend a mere 65-100 euros, representing the pay of the trainer for two days, namely 30 times less.

Information from the inside, essential

Information from the inside, essentialApart from the lower costs, another advantage of in-house training is that the trainer is very familiar with the inside activities. “The advantage of an in-house trainer consists mainly in his insight on the company’s inner activities, such as the strategy or organizational plans”.

Another advantage is that the in-house trainer can assess the improvement and progress of his trainees even after the course ended, commented Luminita Talnaru, training manager at Achieve Global, the training division of United Business Development.


Furthermore, a company who trains his employees “on-the-job” doesn’t have to wait until a training company has time. “Basically, there are no organizational issues, as all your resources are at hand”, stressed Bogdan Serbanescu, former trainer at Banca Comerciala Romana, Romania’s biggest bank.

Access to know-how for an external trainer

Access to know-how for an external trainerEven if an in-house trainer is the cost-effective solution for any human resources department allocated with narrow funds, this option is not always the best way to go.

Most of the times, in-house trainers bring their experience achieved only in the company they work, without benefitting of the same access to know-how as a consultant of an external provider. “I think that one of the drawbacks arising from in-house training is the lack of authority. They say nobody is a prophet in his own country and this applies especially to company’s veterans that hardly accept the idea of an in-house trainer”, said Anca Florea.

Even if the internal trainer knows better the company’s inner activities, the insight will most of the times narrow its ability to mentor his trainees, especially in times of crisis.

“The external trainer has the advantage of bringing the experience of various organizations, teams and environments”, said Marius Opris, partner at Ascendis, one of the biggest training companies in Romania.