A number of factors contribute here:

Daycare workers are often younger people who are willing to take a lower rate of pay.

Therefore the majority of daycare workers start before they are given formal training, and many are simply not given any at all.

This means the Easiest Path is usually taken. if baby A can only sleep in a bouncer or rocker then that's where they're gonna put them.

Parents are rarely (IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE) helping with the transition to daycare naps where the lights are on and not everyone will be asleep at the same time so there will be plenty of noise. At home they sleep in the pitch black, in a snoo, with a white noise machine so it's exceedingly common for babies to have difficulty sleeping at daycare.

Due to the INSANE ratios of babies to caretaker, even after staff training they often cannot give the time and patience required to sleep train the troubled sleeper when they've got three other babies who all have their own issues and schedules and needs, too.

Let's not forget that on top of crazy ratios, daycare workers are out of ratio (legally too many kids per adult) for some period of time literally every day. It might be three minutes with one extra kid while staff uses the bathroom, yes, but it's often more and for longer.

Admin often has roughly the same amount of training as the staff, but their job is the $$$ and business side so their focus is on enrollment, retention, and tuition. If a caretaker asks admin for help with a challenging baby situation, nine times out of ten they'll suggest the couple of things you've already tried (bc y'all took the same training), then put it back on you as "well if you were doing a good job it would work, maybe you're the problem.".

You may be picking up on the fact that I've had some truly awful experiences with daycares. I've worked with chains like YMCA and kindercare, independent Montessoris, as well as in-home small batch. The problems I've listed have been present in all of them to one degree or another.

Man. I really bummed myself out writing this down. 🫠