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They must have automated enough, or shifted enough work to contractors that this is now materially not a big deal.
by allengeorge 8y ago
They must have automated enough, or shifted enough work to contractors that this is now materially not a big deal.
- EpicEng 8y agoYou don't know that, why make things up just to dump on them?
- loceng 8y agoEconomies of scale alone gives them an advantage, however it's probable at minimum they know they won't need many more employees in the future - who can instead be supported by autonomous systems to manage increased throughput.
- samfisher83 8y agoThe are raising 350k employees wages: https://apnews.com/222764a6535a4ce7a17c02c7405361f2/Amazon-raising-minimum-wage-for-US-workers-to-$15-per-hour https://apnews.com/222764a6535a4ce7a17c02c7405361f2/Amazon-r... I am sure its going to cost them some money. Suppose they are going from 10 to 15 bucks. That 350k552*40 = 3.64 billion. They might not all be working 40 hours, but it kind of shows how much of an impact it will be be. I think its a good thing. Companies like costco have shown you can pay your employees fairly and still make money.
- crdoconnor 8y agoI wonder if anybody else remembers 2007 foxconn pledging to automate 90% of their factory workers out of a job when they started unionizing.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoOr more recently, McD's introducing ordering booths not long after employees started demanding higher wages.
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- maym86 8y agoThey always threaten bad results for the workers when people try to unionize, often baselessly. If they could automate the jobs away they'd have done it anyway.