so here's my controversial opinion on this
fuck employers. honestly.
guys, you decided at some point that you are not going to train your own employees, you are not going to invest anything into them and you expect them to be ready and 110% from day one minute one
fuck you
fuck employers. honestly.
guys, you decided at some point that you are not going to train your own employees, you are not going to invest anything into them and you expect them to be ready and 110% from day one minute one
fuck you
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Michael Hobbes
Some terminal Ted Talk Brain in the NYT today:
If it's true that millions of young people is not prepared for the workforce, we're probably going to need a more meaningful solution than teachers slightly changing the phrasing of their classroom instruction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
If it's true that millions of young people is not prepared for the workforce, we're probably going to need a more meaningful solution than teachers slightly changing the phrasing of their classroom instruction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
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Fully trained to be a centre lathe turner. Worked for them until he was 50 something and got a great pension.
Absolute fantasy nowadays.
Then all the training budgets started getting cut and his clientele dwindled and eventually he had to shut up shop
While not bad advice, is also not new advice for any classroom teacher 😂😂😂
Not that we always succeed in doing this, but he’s like “have you taken pedagogy 101?”
It's spoiled. There's no end to its appetites and appeasements.
1) starting a lesson by asking students to share or reflect what they already know about the topic and
2) asking a student what their goals are for a draft and sharing an example of a good essay
These are both reasonable and normal classroom activities
At this point, college is seen as a way to offload the cost of training into the future employee, which is why degrees are required for so many jobs.
" a LinkedIn analysis of their own job postings found that 35% of entry-level jobs required three or more years of experience."
https://www.themuse.com/advice/what-to-do-when-entrylevel-positions-need-two-years-of-experience
one of my favourite aspects is the complete erosion of career development, in-job education, mentorship, or anything resembling these things.
everyone knows they may not have a job tomorrow
precarity, income security, food and housing security has a direct effect on mental health and knock-on effects to every aspect of a person's life. career development takes second place to survival.
and right out of the gate, education and potentially any needed healthcare puts you in deep debt
we haven't even begun to count the costs of fucking people up like this
Just stupid thinking from petty, short-sighted empire builders. Sorry, but it makes me cross.
You would not believe the number of my peers I spoke to immediately after the Brexit referendum result who had absolutely no idea of the implications for their respective businesses.
So...yeah.
But there are things that a person needs to bring with them to even have the potential to do the job, for example the ability to follow instructions or to ask questions. And that's where schools are a factor. 1/x
Their wins were like shards of light in an otherwise dark, corporate hole.
> Act shocked when employees do the same in return
My new college grad daughter has been applying for jobs in her field for a year and a half. Hundreds and hundreds. She’s had one interview. One singular. She’s been volunteering for two nonprofits in unpaid internships to get experience and build her portfolio. And nothing.
Every job that sounds remotely like a new grad job wants two years of experience in a design agency (graphic design). If it’s remote, she’s competing with every unemployed designer in the country. If it’s local, there are 400 applications in an hour and the position closes.
She’s hired a portfolio coach to rework her portfolio website. No one cares. She’s applied and applied and applied and now her college has graduated a whole new crop of designers to compete with her. Not a single employer seems interested in anyone who doesn’t know everything already.
Companies are expecting new graduates to spring fully formed from the head of Zeus. They have the audacity to ask for a “Junior Baby Assistant Designer” with leadership skills, project management skills, and the ability to work independently with little supervision, in a “fast paced environment.”
Keep in mind that hers is the cohort that spent half of their college years taking classes at home during covid. No internships or work experience to be had. But the same companies that accepted PPP loans want fully experienced employees straight out of school.
It’s not just my kid. Her friends, also with degrees in various fields, are working at Target, restaurants, pet shops, and temp agencies. I had no idea how bad it is for new graduates and how much companies don’t want to train anyone.
thanks indeed
truly the facebook marketplace of jobs
If you want Labor to work, pay us.
If you want loyalty, get a dog.
Only later when I worked there for a while and did a stupid mistake I got an earfull xD
The thing is, in that model, you invest in training new intake otherwise you’re fucked.
“Why should we train you?”
“We can pick up Lorry Drivers from Europe already trained & who are not as expensive”
I gave up in the end.
I took great pleasure in responding to them and declining their offer, citing my reasons for refusing and not holding back either.
And schools are magically going to train children for ALL sectors? The skills are exactly the same?
I was a teacher and I hoped that I was teaching my students some stuff (eg read, write, to pass exams) plus *how to learn.*
If your business cannot then train them? Your business is shit.
https://linktr.ee/thewhipfilm
well, you get what you paid for
(*yes I know HR isn't on the employee's side, ever; it's just a throwaway joke ok)
then you fuck your manager and realise it's a terible fucking job and quit.
"we will pay for your exams if you pass them"
me
"What about the course? What about the time it takes to study? If I get this accreditation, will it get me a pay rise?"
"no pay rise"
"no incentive for me to do any of this then"