Well, I have a theory and after seeing it play out for the last twenty years, I think it’s largely accurate.

First, we have schools telling students lies to increase enrollment. So the students come out believing they’ll have all these freedoms they likely won’t have–that they’ll make an obscene amount of money calling all their own shots–which sounds just as dumb as those “you’ll make $10,000 a day working from home” scams when you think about it.

They enter the workforce with unreasonable demands. Largely, they’re met with exploitative owners who rob them blind and work them like dogs, all while treating them like they’re replaceable. They show no loyalty because nobody they’ve worked for has yet earned it. As a result, when they come across a good owner, they are suspicious and resentful. They take out their bad experiences on owners who don’t deserve it.

The ethical owners begin to grow weary of the professionals, so there’s distrust on both sides now, and anger.

Meanwhile, the attrition rates stay high–so instead of professionals learning through experience and doing better (helping to keep the good owners from giving up entirely), they leave and new ones enter the industry.

The cycle continues.