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> Should it really though? As developers/testers/whatever position we occupy in the tech space, most of us are pretty good at picking up new languages/technologies/frameworks/tools etc. in a pretty short amount of time.

Given the amount of loyalty companies expect workers to have and the possessiveness when they're hired away by better offers--to the point of calling it poaching, a word whose historical connotations are those of stealing animals from someone else's land!--yes, I think a modicum of giving a shit about your employees and deigning to train them is certainly in order. If you're going to treat people like chattel, at least treat them well.