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My firm pays - but a pathetic amount - only $5,000 a year - which is frankly basically nothing - and only if I'm part time.
In some respects I sometimes question my decision to go FT, because I know that I'll probably only make $10 to $20K more out of school than I do now, but theres really no other way to career switch.
I hear ya. By the time I actually start school, its going to be much more about the additional opportunities than the ROI. When I started thinking about b-school it was as much about enhanced lifestyle and income as it was about career and opportunity.
Ironically, if I came back to my company I'd probably get huge pay bump because I'd come in at a level or two above what new MBA hires come in at. My only worry with going the sponsorship route is that I may become complacent and ultimately settle. At the same time I'd prefer coming back to my current employer over taking an industry job so I might as well keep it as an insurance policy.