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Re:If Workers Slack Off, the Wristband Will Know by minikites on Friday February 02, 2018 @09:51AM (#16290855)
What about people with physical or mental disabilities? Do they deserve to be fired because they're less efficient than an able-bodied worker?
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Re:If Workers Slack Off, the Wristband Will Know by JoeAltmaier on Friday February 02, 2018 @09:52AM (#16290877)
Already these folks have a different metric for success. Why would that be different here?
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Re:If Workers Slack Off, the Wristband Will Know by minikites on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:52PM (#16293133)
You said it yourself:

>Why keep a slacker around when you have limited slots for workers? Why not measure and retain good workers?

This overall attitude doesn't distinguish between "slacker because they don't feel like working" and "slacker because they're unable to work to the degree an able-bodied person can". Your premise reduces someone to their profit-generating ability alone.

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Re:If Workers Slack Off, the Wristband Will Know by krapp on Friday February 02, 2018 @10:21AM (#16291168)
> Already these folks have a different metric for success. Why would that be different here?

No they don't. Amazon's metrics are the same for everyone.

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