- critics of Braverman’s deskilling thesis point out:
- how do you define what is or isn’t a ‘skill’. For example is cleaning a skill?
- many pre-industrial jobs were semi-skilled or low skilled
- computers might have eliminated old skills but they’ve created a new need for ICT skills
- Fordist methods of production have waned. Now employers seek more multi-skilled employees
- Gallie (1994) argues many jobs require workers to improve their skills – known as upskilling
- Upskilling – is where employers give train their employees to gain additional skills
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