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> “Typically, you’ll have two people unloading each truck. Where we want to get with Stretch is to have one person unloading four or five trucks at the same tim
by elihu 5y ago
> “Typically, you’ll have two people unloading each truck. Where we want to get with Stretch is to have one person unloading four or five trucks at the same time, using Stretches as tools.”
That sounds really stressful for that one person. Great when everything runs smoothly, but the moment something breaks down you might easily get overwhelmed, unless there are more workers on-site that can be pulled in from other tasks.
Cool technology, though. Anything that reduces the necessity of people to work unpleasant jobs seems like generally a good thing.
- ryanmercer 5y ago>Cool technology, though. Anything that reduces the necessity of people to work unpleasant jobs seems like generally a good thing. The problem there though is that companies like FedEx and UPS employ a lot of college students. Historically a part time handler position, at least here in Indiana, pays 2-3x minimum wage with sort operations frequently at night allowing people to work part time and make a nice chunk of change while going to school during the day. I'd say in Indy 60% of my high school class worked as a handler for FedEx at some point in the first few years after turning 18 because of that. Sure, it's going to save a lot of wear and tear on people's bodies but when minimum wage is $7.25 and a package handler here in central Indiana will start around $18.45 part time... sometimes people are willing to bust their butts for one reason or another.