More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit

Re:More U.S. companies charging employees for job training i... by karpierz on Monday October 17, 2022 @09:21AM (#33233091)

It does suck. It's also the nature of business, speculative investment. Sometimes you invest capital in something and don't see returns.

If you want the employee to own the capital costs, then they better see capital returns as well.

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Re:More U.S. companies charging employees for job training i... by noir_lord on Monday October 17, 2022 @10:29AM (#33233981)

But what is capitalism for if I'm not guaranteed a profit (says every large corporation)?

You are right though in that's its just another to socialise the costs and privatise the profits.

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Re:More U.S. companies charging employees for job training i... by gruez on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:47AM (#33235214)

> It does suck. It's also the nature of business, speculative investment. Sometimes you invest capital in something and don't see returns.

By this logic, should the government also stop helping banks collect debts (eg. garnishing wages or seizing property)? After all, lending is also a "speculative investment" and "Sometimes you invest capital in something and don't see returns".

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Re:More U.S. companies charging employees for job training i... by nonameiguess on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:58AM (#33235410)

Failing to pay a debt is illegal. Quitting a job is a fundamental requirement of freely competitive labor markets that the social benefits of capitalism are predicated on.

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Re:More U.S. companies charging employees for job training i... by gruez on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:10PM (#33239542)

>Failing to pay a debt is illegal.

okay but how is that relevant to this discussion? if the state refuses to assist in debt collection, it effectively makes failing to pay debts legal, which seems to be what you want?

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