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Once robots can fix the shelving problems cheaper than humans then they will replace those jobs. As it stands total cost to fix an individual shelving problem
by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y ago
Once robots can fix the shelving problems cheaper than humans then they will replace those jobs.
As it stands total cost to fix an individual shelving problem likely dropped. In this case it'd be surprising if Walmart employed more people to fix shelving problems, but in other contexts we may have seen induced demand for more employees because the ROI for employee time improved.
Not all increases in efficiency reduce the # of total jobs, we should expect to see the total # of jobs increase in some circumstances.
- kicarus 9y agoAnd the workers are now focusing more on processes that could be argued are more skilled, like restocking the shelves, fixing prices, etc., than they were doing before, like identifying issues.