That is very common, more common in small companies than large ones. This is true to Germay, atleast.

Bosch, daimler,sap, all Offer no strings attached.

The company iwork at didnt exactly prefer me over others,ihad way more linux experience than other candidates and it was a dev ops position, but i also saw a gleam in their eye when they heard id like to stay long term.

Its a resource issue, im "cleaning up" lots of the code my short term predecessors left behind.

Short term apprenticeships generate quite a bit of technicalde debt for a "small" company.

Addendum;

Apprenticeships require resources. So a small compny would be more willing to spend what they can afford- engineer guidance and withstanding non productivity- on prrsons they can benefit from.

Big companies benefit from apprentices(?) that lean towards their tech stack going to other companies. So its not all bad.

Tip: want a no strings attached p Apprenticeship: go big.