It is not a secret that companies are always searching for ways to increase efficiency and decrease production costs – make more for less. As technology advances, more and more people are being replaced by machines. In fact, there are full factories run by automated processes. From the perspective of the producer, this is great – once they have purchased the capital, the only costs they have are maintenance and operations costs. This means no more employee wates, health benefits, etc.
But what does this mean for the employees?
Robotics is a $6 billion industry in the United States, which is really cool … but also kind of scary. Some people claim that it will strengthen the economy and actually create new employment opportunities, but for me this is hard to believe. The newest offshoring trends are showing that it is a one way or the other deal. In order to remain competitive, firms must either offshore labor or replace their labor force with machines. As if unemployment is not enough of an issue already, why are we pushing technology so far towards making human labor redundant?
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