On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 4:16:18 AM UTC, Windmill wrote:
writes:

On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 1:15:59 PM UTC, Robin wrote:

I know that they need to be overseen but they must be doing some
useful work during that period

But from the employer's point of view you need to subtract from the
value of the work they do the cost of telling/supervising/checking up on
them - especially the cost of the time of their "masters".

and generally the company is worse off with the apprentice than without. Newbies take several times as long to do jobs, screw them up routinely, and generally waste time in as many ways as possible. You cant just leave them to it.

If you're able to take the long view (though which company can,
nowadays), a future without anyone educated through and beyond
apprenticeship is no future at all for anyone.

Sure, but its not the individual company's job to provide for everyone else. Apprenticeship can work out well, but its damn expensive for an employer. The reality that ex-apprentices sometimes go elsewhere doesn't help.


NT