Training, do I have to?

[Gemzica]

I have a query regarding training. My employer wants me to go on training for a product house that I do not want to attend. She changed the products we use whilst I was on maternity leave, as there was another therapist working when I went back I did not have to train. Now the other therapist has left she wants me to train in it. Normally I would do any training, however the products she wants me to train in I do not believe in. One of the reasons is she gave me a facial with these a year ago and the skin on my nose has still not healed, constantly flaking with dry skin, I've tried all I can and nothing working. I feel I cannot provide treatments that I don't like. Yes there are clients that love the product, however my clients that were talked into trying it whilst I was on maternity leave did not like it or the facials.
My query is, can I be sacked for not wanting to go on the training? It does not stop me doing my job, but she seemed like she was implicating that I HAVE to do the training.
Sorry for the long post

 

[BannerPenguin]

At the end of the day, you have to do what the boss says in my mind and if you decline then I think there probably would be grounds for dismissal.

 

[CFBS]

Yes, you should attend the training because if you are using the products in the salon with no-one else appropriately trained to support you, the salon would not be carrying out the treatments correctly.
Perhaps have a more in depth discussion with your boss about the product ranges you will stock in the future?

 

[salonfrog]

Good on you though Gemzica for your ethics!
Why not do the course and ‘revisit’ the products. Then make a decision on what to do next