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Maybe no people were laid off, and they are hiring like crazy. But they are growing like hyper-crazy. The question is: would they've hired more people if it was
by hectorlorenzo 9y ago
Maybe no people were laid off, and they are hiring like crazy. But they are growing like hyper-crazy. The question is: would they've hired more people if it wasn't for automation? Are they hiring at a proportional rate of their growth? This is something that, unless I've missed it, it's not discussed in the article.
It all sounds like wishful thinking or, indeed, a political PR spin.
- NickNameNick 9y agoI wish there were more numbers in the article. It looks like they've used the automation to densify the shelving in the warehouse, and they've streamlined the picker and placer jobs. So the same square footage of warehouse, and same headcount, now has substantially more storage, and higher throughput. Which probably allows savings on the number of facilities they need to operate, or at least the rate at which they build them.