Employers do not give enough time to train

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Most employers do not give adequate time to train new employees. This is especially true in unskilled labor jobs where they expect you to become perfect instantly. If they do hire you they let you go rather quickly ranging from a few days to two weeks. The other way they go about it is they do not hire you if you don't have work experience. They do not want to spend their precious time and funds on someone who may or may not be able to learn the job.

I was never full-on trained at my fruit processing warehouse job. The supervisor just shows you how to do something for a short while and then you are on your own. Only the gravy roles like machine operators at least get proper training. That is a workplace hierarchy for ya.

From my personal experiences, getting micromanaged is probably technically considered being trained. However, some supervisors have their own way of doing something which probably isn't the norm. Not to mention how our workplace operates has gradually changed over the past years. There is a new dumb rule where we can't count bagged apples on the line anymore for an example.

My brother who was a minor at the time applied to work for blueberries and was just left there. Which I think was problematic because he was just a kid at the time and not to mention he was working around machinery. I probably should've report to HR about his situation.

Sadly, the US has the "work at will" law that is a factor to our corrupt corporation culture. I sometimes feel even toxic workplaces in other countries like in Japan at least have some pros. If only we had more unions then maybe it will make things balanced.