Name: Anonymous 2005-11-29 11:28
The concept of guilds allow a company, school, or other organization to train apprentices to novice, journeyman, and further ranks until reaching master. This allows more experienced and knowledgeable members to instruct beginners who have the potential to succeed. Why can't the guild system exist today?
Companies expect employees to come in at entry level (no experience), or with experience from other jobs or schooling. In the case of entry level, the employee isn't expected to make the job into a trade or a career. But the experienced employee is expected to already have experience that would count as a career. Why not have an instructional environment that allows entry level to progress and learn the job rather than being subject to promotions which may or may not ever come? Wouldn't companies have better employees if they trained and educated people from the ground up about their own job? Instead, companies hire and fire, or layoff and then recuit.
With today's rapidly moving society, apprentices and higher ranks are sure to move on to other companies, or other career paths, but a company should welcome this just as well. The employee is giving their time to the company, and the company benefits by their work. But the company often becomes like a family to the employee, meaning they will be more reluctant to leave unless they hate everything about their job.
Companies expect employees to come in at entry level (no experience), or with experience from other jobs or schooling. In the case of entry level, the employee isn't expected to make the job into a trade or a career. But the experienced employee is expected to already have experience that would count as a career. Why not have an instructional environment that allows entry level to progress and learn the job rather than being subject to promotions which may or may not ever come? Wouldn't companies have better employees if they trained and educated people from the ground up about their own job? Instead, companies hire and fire, or layoff and then recuit.
With today's rapidly moving society, apprentices and higher ranks are sure to move on to other companies, or other career paths, but a company should welcome this just as well. The employee is giving their time to the company, and the company benefits by their work. But the company often becomes like a family to the employee, meaning they will be more reluctant to leave unless they hate everything about their job.