I have an acquaintance who after some years as a naval officer now has a highly paid (big pension pot) job in the M.o.D.
She has just started a Masters Degree course on full pay etc
In a few years she will be 55 and will be at liberty to take early retirement and will probably then take a Consultancy post (possibly in Brussels) for even bigger bucks.
My question is, in what commercial organisation would that fully funded degree sabbatical be signed off when there is so little prospect of payback?