Alfred Reading

UK

retired

Everyone seems to want spoon feeding today. When I was a youth, employers took on apprentices and trained them to their needs. True some were exploited but others were subsidised for further education. University students in technical subjects got vacation jobs in their field of study which made them experienced and valuable on graduation. Very little of that happens today so employers who have abdicated their responsibility complain because the system does not provide fully trained and experienced people then expect the government to sort it out at taxpayer's expense.