OK, I agree with that... But I still don't understand why they would want to? It's not their goal, it's somebody else's (the boss)... Now if he promised all those who finish a 20% raise, I would say "Start training and train hard!"

Or maybe it's his sneaky way of weeding out the dead wood: 'Anybody stupid enough to do it is probably too stupid to work at his company'.

Forgive me, maybe I'm just too cynical and pragmatic for this world...
... I'll just jump over to the confessions thread now... Hopefully Rowen can think up a suitable penance for me.