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Re:Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he t... by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @03:40AM (#23464609)
> The standard argument is that you want to incentivize employers to train employees.

Charge tuition for training and offer "student loans" with no payments or interest while you're working for the company which are forgiven if you stay for five years or whatever. Then if somebody wants to poach you right away, that's fine, they can just pay off your training loan.

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Re:Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he t... by CathedralBorrow on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @06:05AM (#23465246)
This sounds like the most American solution I've ever heard. Incentivize employers to train people by charging employees money for training and letting them pay off their debt by working?
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Re:Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he t... by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:05PM (#23470893)
It's exactly the same system the government uses for teachers.

You could also just forget about the loan forgiveness, charge "tuition" unconditionally and then pay more to make up for it.

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Re:Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he t... by Maskawanian on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @08:10AM (#23465881)
That sounds like indentured servitude.
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