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Brigid

(17,621 posts) Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:29 PM Aug 2012

We've been saying this around DU for how long now?

Companies cut back on training, adding to the unemployment rate. Workers, meanwhile, are expected to get the training -- and pay for it -- themselves. A bunch of keyboard commandos (namely, us) have long since figured this out. So why are companies being so short-sighted? Is money really the only issue?

http://m.usatoday.com/article/money/56922438?articlePage=0

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We've been saying this around DU for how long now? (Original Post) Brigid Aug 2012 OP

Yes. Ever-increasing quarterly profits are literally the only consideration. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #1

kestrel91316

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1. Yes. Ever-increasing quarterly profits are literally the only consideration.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:36 PM

Aug 2012

Providing a quality product or service is so passe.

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