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The competing viewpoint is "why should our company pay to train you, when you could have paid to train yourself?"

I'm not saying it's necessarily "right", but that it could be a reason why many companies do not share that viewpoint.

Yeah, most companies treat people as replaceable cogs, when they should be treating employees as (for example) plants that need cultivation and care. Training should be considered part of the cultivation of the employee.

100% behind you on this!

I think that mentality could end up being the death of many companies. Though for certain business models the "slave" is preferable to any alternative. The great leaders of the coming decade though are going to be people-centric, just you wait!

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