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Re:Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs by camochameleon on Monday May 13, 2019 @09:49AM (#19899171)
Where are the new opportunities here? Does the number of people employed designing and manufacturing these machines come close to the number of people put out of work by their creation?

Let's not pretend that Amazon is some benevolent force here. It's the same company that sets work targets high enough to force employees to have to pee in bottles and penalises sick and pregnant workers for taking time off or breaks. [1]

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-warehouse-workers-hav...

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Re:Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs by throwayEngineer on Monday May 13, 2019 @09:54AM (#19899221)
Yes, now those workers won't have such horrible conditions.

Or at least we are closer.

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Re:Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs by 0xffff2 on Monday May 13, 2019 @01:07PM (#19901316)
>Yes, now those workers won't have such horrible conditions.

Instead of working in "horrible" conditions, these workers are now simply unemployed. Do you think they see that as an improvement of their position in life?

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