The UK boss of Amazon has pushed for mandatory work experience for teenagers amid a ‘national crisis’ of youth unemployment.
John Boumphrey, who oversees the online giant’s 75,000 British workers, said it was unfair to paint them as work-shy and the education system was not ‘producing young people who are ready for work.’
His remarks come as the level of joblessness for 16 to 24-year-olds hit an 11-year high of 16.2 per cent in the first three months of the year.
‘It’s not a motivation problem – it’s a system problem, and that requires a system response,’ he told the BBC’s Today programme.
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