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While American capitalism turns everything into a transaction, which usually leads to dehumanizing employees, I'd blame this one more on the failure of modern e
by mihaic 4y ago
While American capitalism turns everything into a transaction, which usually leads to dehumanizing employees, I'd blame this one more on the failure of modern education to adapt.
The fact that we spend 15-18 years just "learning" and then spending all your time on the job seems like almost the worst possible system except no education at all. Starting work much earlier (I know I could have been doing something useful at 15-16) and accepting that professionals can take a month off just for development could have become normalized if the job market weren't as exploitative as it is right now.
Given how easy high-skill employees jump ship today, I can see why companies would naturally become this defensive. It's a terrible system that's broken by a lack of trust on both sides.
- uwuemu 4y ago> Given how easy high-skill employees jump ship today, I can see why companies would naturally become this defensive. High-skill employees jump ship because the old school system of promotions etc. is all but dead. The days when people used to work for one company for 30 years, gradually moving up the ladder, are over. The vast, VAST majority of increases of pay today are due to people moving from one employer to another employer. The widespread corporate culture of refusing to significantly increase pay of existing employees is to blame. If the only option for people to get these double digit % pay bumps is to leave, then they will leave.
- mihaic 4y agoI agree with you, but what option does an employer have in this climate, even if they want to improve the situation? You can't fight alone against the currents. There's a reason marriage appeared as an institution, since it forces more loyalty from both sides. We'd need new mechanisms that build trust on both sides, but it's not clear how those would look like.