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Indeed. Somewhat coincidentally, today is the 101st anniversary of the Ford Assembly Line, where more autonomous functions allowed the production of a car to b
by zhte415 12y ago
Indeed.
Somewhat coincidentally, today is the 101st anniversary of the Ford Assembly Line, where more autonomous functions allowed the production of a car to be reduced from 22 hours to 1.5 hours. It wasn't popular though: to fill 100 vacancies over 900 people had to be hired, the majority promptly quitting the repetitive and relentless work.
- gregpilling 12y agoand then the $5 day was implemented by Ford, and employee retention went from avg of 9 months to many years.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoTurns out if you pay your workers they want to keep working for you.