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i don't think a lot of people understand why it's amazing that trainee expenses at bh are logged under R&D. That's Research and Development, and (in simple terms) it means that there are no promises of it turning a profit made. that's a HUGE pressure off of trainees' back.
R&D is the section of the accounting sheet where you put the decisions the company made "for science!" to put it half-jokingly. if that money is never recovered, they'll essentially shrug, make an account/report/thesis of the lessons learned, and move on.
of course there's the expectation of turning a profit - obviously, welcome to capitalism - but it's not promised and should there be a loss it's on the company alone, and not the "assets" in R&D (i.e. the trainees).
Oh and R&D money comes out of the company's profits which means 
wow they're making a LOT to be able to afford to wave off $100k per trainee.
wow they're making a LOT to be able to afford to wave off $100k per trainee.
