Hiring Manager here too

Not sure where you are but I'm in SoCal

I've hired half a dozen "kids" (24 year olds) and they all kick ass

They're happy to get the job done and learning fast. I have no complaints!

This idea that the younglins are useless needs to die

"It's not rocket science, and MBAs aren't rocket scientists."

That's great! I will re-use this, if'n ya don't mind.

THIS

"Who is the backbone of an army? The sergeants."

I have half a dozen or so Assoc. Engineers. And I'm bringing them up. Soon enough ( a few more years ) I'll be out, but they will be trained.

And I will have done my job.

No. No Gov involvement

That was a Corp Overlord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Facts Brother

I had not considered these industries. Got my mind going. Thanks. :)

I would still argue the cross section of people under discussion is very small.

They...

a - Need to be considered worthy of the investment. Years of Service, Skills in field. Etc.

b - Are capable of being trained (they're good!)

c - Are complete back-stabbing weasels and this fact has been missed in all their years interaction

I won't disagree such people exist. I just think they are so few in number as to not effect 'most' training budgets.

I'm curious....

What possible training falls into this Category?

Something mundane like an AWS Cert, or some Python courses cost little. Not are they in anyway trade secrets.

Something more exotic, starts to put the employee in such a position that the Company should be doing everything in its power to retain such a person, as they would seem to be rare gems. Not only almost unfindable, but in such a case, are unlikely to jump ship.

But I am interested in what such a training might be

"Also, red wine through the nose hurts like a mofo."

Vodka's even worse.

"You can't have it both ways."

Of course you can.

Just a question of price (Of said Congress-critters)

"That in a decade or two, he's going to be regarded as some unfortunate underdog because the press and Left-leaning social media buried his actual words"

Seriously?

This man has been one of the worst Presidents on record. He was handed a shining economy. Most of the Gov was running fine. In his bucket, he started a confrontation with China, which was needed.

But then Corona hit. And he FUCKING FAILED. Zero leadership. Absolute denial.

And here we are (In the USA) breaking records we'd prefer not to break.

"People DO NOT BEHAVE in absence of police"

I abhor this idea. As a society, this statement should not be true. People should mostly self-police. Don't rob, don't murder, etc.

So why does anyone commit crimes?

Our society is inequitable and unjust. And people are starting to get really pissed.

It seems odd we can design and engineer devices which fly to space, but we cannot even talk rationally about how we can solve these societal issues.

The purpose of War is not to kill the enemy. That's incidental.

The purpose is to pursue your political objectives via hard, un-adulterated Force.

Yes, the US slew masses of Vietnamese. And still LOST.

The Vietnamese unified their country and threw out Foreign influence. Ergo, they WON.

I've seen Guild names banned in Classic WoW for being political.

That being said, my pet Turtle has a political name (guess his name). No issues to date.

Body Count

"Most people have decided to do nothing because they assume it will be a working strategy for them. And most of them are wrong."

I'd venture to guess they actually have decided to do nothing because they won't have to live with the consequences of said decision. They'll be dead (of old age).

"Unfortunately, blue collar workers, who probably have the most reason to protest, also have the most to lose by doing so."

That's a feature, not a bug. :)