Tag: business

zenosanalytic:

nyshadidntbreakit:

justsomeantifas:

Just in case you forgot the sort of capitalist hell hole we’re living in rn, here’s your friendly daily reminder. ☺

– Mod A

The thing is, of course, that these corporate fuckheads have attempted to cut costs by foisting training off on education, because they don’t have to pay for education. We have the same problem in the UK: corporations are complaining about a lack of skilled labour, but studies have shown that what’s actually happening is that they’re refusing to hire anyone who hasn’t already got experience in the role. Employers refuse to train people because they consider that the job of schools and universities; schools and universities don’t train people because it is literally impossible.

Of course, the buck gets shifted to young unemployed people – if they didn’t go to university, then it’s their fault that they’re not employable because they didn’t go to university; if they did go to university, then it’s their fault because they chose a bad programme, or didn’t do enough internships, or just aren’t trying hard enough to get a job. If a graduate gets a job delivering pizzas to tide them over, it’s their fault for wasting their skills and creating an effective employment gap. If they hold out for a career position, it’s their fault for being too picky.

The primary solution for corps is to employ immigrants from countries where job training is accessible. This feeds back into anti-immigrant sentiment and is now leading to governments attempting to exclude immigrants. Historically these efforts have included caveats to allow corporations to continue to hire “skilled” workers internationally, but these are now starting to be rolled back.

Here’s to corporations suffocating under the weight of their own selfishness.

Yup. The primary generational difference between “Millennials” and previous gens work-wise is that employers were willing to pay for training then, and they aren’t now. They’ve cut training programs to increase quarterly returns and now expect workers to have all the skills and knowledge they require at hiring, and complain about them when they don’t. In effect, they want an education system that teaches every child how to do every potential job so that they don’t have to pay for on-the-job training, which is ridiculous. Obviously not all are like this, HEB in Texas has a great employee education program for instance, but enough are that it’s a serious problem.