I am not saying there shouldn't be. They should be in proportion to how well you treat your employees though.
I have participated in one of those programs and made it through. I'm not blaming all employers, just certain ones. If you can't make it through my ramblings, maybe you should go to a program and brush up on your reading comprehension skills. My particular job from that stint finally left town as so many do. I found another one with the government. I would have preferred a good company, but the hours with the government job were better for raising three children.
If my writing skills are that defective, I'll get some help with that on my end. There is help out there. I'm thinking of a Studs Terkel type book with conversations with Wal Mart employees, if Wal Mart doesn't get wind of it and threaten them not to talk or they will be penalized and/or fired if they can get away with it.
Most of those programs are scams anyway. They get people in them who just don't have the mental capacity to learn the skill for some jobs that don't exist if and when they get through, and people make money off running them which would be more government employees.
Please tell me what dollar amount you consider to be "a living wage".
Now I KNOW you're a Bolshevik.
"I'm thinking of a Studs Terkel type book with conversations with Wal Mart employees, if Wal Mart doesn't get wind of it and threaten them not to talk or they will be penalized and/or fired if they can get away with it."
I'm betting Wallmart would be very supportive. They know their employees generally very satisfied and aren't ashamed for the truth to be known. However, you might be dissappointed having to hear all the good comments.