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by aleph_minus_one 630 days ago
> So what you're saying is that they push for STEM education to make their employees more replaceable...?

A general rule of thumb is rather that better education and/or specialized knowledge makes employees nore productive, but also less replaceable.

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>less replaceable

Only when they are the only ones that have that knowledge, not when teaching it becomes rote.

A decent rule if considered in a vacuum, but perhaps you missed some necessary context related to this particular discussion?

> - they want to save money training the employees,