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The issue with debt for training is the same issue as the one with all exploitative working conditions: The choice of whether or not to work somewhere is often
by somesortofthing 4y ago
The issue with debt for training is the same issue as the one with all exploitative working conditions: The choice of whether or not to work somewhere is often illusory. Real people inhabit a specific area with a specific set of employers. If the only job openings that:
1. You're qualified for
2. Will hire you specifically
3. Will pay you enough to survive
4. Are within a reasonable distance from you
5. Don't have some other, even worse catch than training debt
are ones that saddle you with a life-changing amount of debt if you quit before x years, people are coerced by the fact that they need money for basic to enter this kind of working arrangement, even if they technically had a choice.
- _8j50 4y agoThen the people in that area can pass laws to regulate this I guess? That's the government's duty after all. But short of violating an explicit law, why are employers obligated to care about how many good jobs are in an area? It is also an economic function, if it is for high demand jobs with low supply of employees you won't see this.