Does the company you work(ed) at allow you to (comfortably) study for your certificates on company time, or do they play it slightly illegally and ask you to do it on your personal time?

I have seen the case where it was the latter.. and I was wondering whether this was common.

The 3 companies that I worked for, always on company time.
I bet it‘s very different depending on the country.

@Lensflare Yeah, as it should be.

Don't think that's illegal at all. But I got often hired for things I was not capable of. I just got slammed with a book in front of my face and get two weeks to learn something in company time.

But a certification is for yourself as well. If company offers you to get certain certification but you have to do it in private time, it's still a nice gesture. If you can't, you can't. But nothing illegal about that.

Definitely depends on the company. At my current one I've heard 'These courses are mandatory, but, since the client doesn't pay us to learn, those have to be taken outside of the work hours.'... where the 'mandatory' status comes from the boss, !from the client.

In my current company, they are offered on company time, but I've seen both cases.

In my opinion, if it's due to client necessities they should be on company time. If it's by your request and the company can gain from it, they may offer to pay for it or do in company time but not both.

If they have no stake in it, you should be on your own.