[DashRattlesnake]

> Finally, some specialized companies do have extended in-house training. But this sort of thing is definitely less common, in part because people skip around jobs a lot more so there's going to be a lot of free-riding on a company offering expensive training.

Don't blame worker "free-riding" so much. I'd say lack of in-house training has even more to do with the fact that companies are much more eager to lay off workers based on short term financial metrics.

Worker training (and loyalty to workers) is a long term investment that doesn't fit well in a culture driven by short term results.

[cossatot]

I think it's not simply that firms don't think long-term, it's that they can't confidently project 10+ years in the future, so they prefer not to take the risk. Maybe the market will change dramatically by then, making the product obsolete, or maybe improved techniques, automation etc. will have made the position obsolete.