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Another point to consider: Apprenticeships only pay off for the company if they can expect the apprentices stay with them for a few years after the education i

Another point to consider: Apprenticeships only pay off for the company if they can expect the apprentices stay with them for a few years after the education is done. And in Germany there's a big cultural bias for keeping jobs long years. My impression is that that's not the case in the USA.

masklinn 12y ago
Of course that works both ways, keeping a job for a long time in the US is a guarantee of no advancement unless you're a very good politics player, most skilled US workers get hosed if they stay in the same company for a long time.