We so need to move to a system like yours. There are some signs of change that way, partly as the gig economy spreads and partly as people work for longer and thus are often forced to change careers by health or other considerations in later life.
Here - ability to learn, change, think outside the box is highly regarded. Most British people would claim they regarded those things highly, but the reality is most employers still want a high degree of conformance.
There is also presumably a gender angle to this. Women who break their career to have children need to be able to reenter the workforce without additional penalties. If there is a culture of mistrust for those who change career, that becomes even more difficult.
I don't know what the answer to this is. I can understand how laws can be changed to alter systems and economics, I have no idea how people can bring about cultural change.
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Re: Writing
Date: 2017-06-25 11:22 am (UTC)Most British people would claim they regarded those things highly, but the reality is most employers still want a high degree of conformance.
There is also presumably a gender angle to this. Women who break their career to have children need to be able to reenter the workforce without additional penalties. If there is a culture of mistrust for those who change career, that becomes even more difficult.
I don't know what the answer to this is. I can understand how laws can be changed to alter systems and economics, I have no idea how people can bring about cultural change.