Tricky offering

I'm enrolled to do the Berwick Experience. I can’t define it because I'm not entirely sure what it is. This is the website introduction: "With well-proven success over the past 30 years, Berwick Outdoor Experience supports participants to realise the potential that exists within them. Some 1150 participants from all walks of life have tested their limits and achieved personal goals beyond their imagination." It's the second try, as last year Mike and I were ready to go and it got cancelled because there weren’t enough participants. It costs $800 NZD, and you can be sponsored. My boss said he will sponsor me under the condition that I have to stay a whole year working for him or pay him back if leaving earlier. Just more of the same—this is how he rolls. Are we all like him on different levels? Because I did expect recognition for my hard work. He is convinced that I owe him, but I believe he owes me. Soon I will leave and won’t have to deal with this anymore. Anyway, I said no to his offer. I will apply for sponsorship from Twizel Promotions, and if I don’t get it, I will pay for it.