Why do those employers refuse to train their own employees?
The pendulum is always in motion.
I've watched the situation devolve for several decades.
Skilled experienced technicians being “managed” by newly hired “educated idiots”, and summarily being replaced by cheaper outside (mostly foreign) subcontractors, then the company declaring some version of financial bankruptcy.
All the bright young theorists eventually hit the brick wall of the real world.
I agree for the most part with what you say...I’ve seen and heard many war stories over the years. (24 to be exact) The best boss is the guy who rode it up through the ranks.
The less successful is the highly educated but no experience guy coming through the white collar side of the business.
I’ve also seen young engineers turn their noses at jobs because they are “green” minded and want to protect the environment and the company they interview with might be working with a chemical or process that goes against their belief. I actually had a young girl who was not working for 7 months and collecting unemployment turn down a 60k offer because of that.